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Crews prepared to respond
A hazardous materials call Friday and a gas station fire Monday required vastly different responses, but year-round training and organizational tactics enabled firefighters from Aberdeen Fire and Rescue to handle whatever was thrown their way. "The...
Tags: Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Fires, Environmental Issues
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
SPRING FLOODING-MICHIGAN Officials plan Mich. flooding damage assessments GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Officials are conducting preliminary damage assessments in parts of West Michigan that were among areas hit hard by recent flooding. The state...Tags: Prisons, Ford Motor Co., Health and Safety at School, Transportation Accidents, Economy, Business and Finance
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READER SUBMITTED: Hazardous Waste Alert For Enfield Residents - One Opportunity Only In 2013
EnfieldJune 1 is the only day Enfield residents have to dispose of their hazardous waste. Due to the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) ending its relationship with the Town, Enfield residents can no longer go to other towns to dispose of their hazardous...Tags: Environmental Issues
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Ban on trucking hazardous materials across Ambassador Bridge between US-Canada could be lifted
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Department of Transportation has recommended lifting a ban on trucking hazardous materials across the Ambassador Bridge that connects the U.S. and Canada. The Detroit News reports (http://bit.ly/15rYTi8 ) that the agency...Tags: The Detroit News, Environmental Issues
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House hazardous waste roundup Saturday in Winchester
Saturday may be the best chance for some Clark County residents to dispose of potentially harmful materials in their homes. From 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Clark County Road Department at 5 Hopkins Lane, that waste will be accepted as part of the...
Tags: Environmental Issues
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Brawley among the most polluted cities according to state report
Staff WriterRelatively high pesticide use, asthma rates and contaminated bodies of water give Brawley the dubious distinction of being one of the most polluted areas in California, according to a recent report by a state environmental health agency. Pesticide...Tags: Social Issues, Poverty, Asthma, United States Census Bureau, Physical Conditions
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California suspends operations at Vernon battery recycler
State regulators took the highly unusual step Wednesday of suspending operations at a Vernon battery recycler that has discharged harmful quantities of lead for years and more recently has been deemed to pose a danger to as many as 110,000 people...
Tags: Air Pollution, Exide Technologies, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Politics
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Boyle sponsors hazardous waste collection
smojica@amnews.comBoyle County waste management and emergency officials are joining forces to hold a household hazardous waste disposal day Saturday at the county fairgrounds. A $20,500 grant from the state Division of Waste Management is funding the effort. But,...Tags: Waste Management and Pollution Control, Waste Management Incorporated, Waste, Chemical Industry, Environmental Pollution
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Responders strengthen hazmat training
Staff WriterResponders strengthen hazmat training By CHELCEY ADAMI, Staff Writer HEBER — At any given time, an earthquake could cause chemical containers to overturn, a freight truck or rail car could wreck, or a water treatment plant chemical container to...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Health and Safety at School, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, U.S. Border Patrol, Water Supply
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Chemicals in the crib
Three popular brands of baby mattresses that were marketed in recent months to families and day care centers contained toxic flame retardants linked to increased cancer risk, according to laboratory tests conducted for the Chicago Tribune. One member...
Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Birth Defects, Health Organizations, Duke University, European Union
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Man in bulletproof vest, with body bags in luggage, arrested at LAX
L.A. NOWA man who arrived in Los Angeles on a flight from Japan wearing a bulletproof vest and flame retardant pants underneath his trench coat has been charged with transporting dangerous materials, federal authorities said Tuesday. As if the gear allegedly........ -
Questions over man arrested at LAX with bulletproof vest, body bags
L.A. NOWAuthorities are not sure why a man flying into the U.S. from Asia was wearing a bulletproof vest and had body bags and weapons in his luggage....
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