Items Tagged with 'Chemical safety'

Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency wants to ban most industrial and commercial uses of methylene chloride.

Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency wants to lower emissions of ethylene oxide – a gas that’s used to sterilize medical devices and has been linked to cancer and neurological problems.

Ann Arbor, MI — Most paper receipts at large retailers contain chemicals with possible links to hormone disruption and other adverse health effects, results of a recent study show.

Rochester, NY — A team of international researchers believes exposure to the chemical trichloroethylene may be linked to Parkinson’s disease.

Missoula, MT — Despite years of public health warnings about hazardous chemicals contained in professional salon products, their use “remains widespread,” claims a recently published report.

Arlington, VA — Spurred by a recent string of train derailments and chemical spills on mine sites, the Mine Safety and Health Administration has published a safety alert.

Washington — A look at four incidents – some deadly – involving emergency discharges from pressure release valves has prompted the Chemical Safety Board to issue a safety alert.

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Washington — Trichloroethylene, as a whole chemical substance, poses “unreasonable risk” to workers under certain conditions, the Environmental Protection Agency states in a newly issued final revised risk determination.

Washington — Alarmed by a recent surge of events involving the incidental release of chemicals during cold weather, the Chemical Safety Board is reminding facility operators of process safety management best practices for wintertime operations.