Sentences with phrase «toxic chemicals spill»

It capsizes and hundreds of tonnes of oily sludges laced with toxic chemicals spill out into an area of marine conservation.

«These staff cuts must make DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis feel like he's got to clean up New York's toxic chemical spills armed with a toothbrush and a garden hose,» said Alison Jenkins, Fiscal Policy Program Director for Environmental Advocates of New York.

A group of risk experts is proposing a new framework and research agenda that they believe will support the most effective public warnings when a hurricane, wildfire, toxic chemical spill or any other environmental hazard threatens safety.

In addition to causing obvious, immediate dangers such as drowning in a flood, extreme events can leave people without food and shelter, expose them to toxic chemical spills and facilitate the spread of disease.

So if some catastrophe — be it a fire, storm, or toxic chemical spill — destroyed the building or polluted the property, you would have coverage to help pay for costs and damages.

As floods increase due to climate change, the risk of toxic chemical spills in these areas will also increase.

The first in a series of catastrophic storms, Harvey struck the heart of the U.S. petrochemical industry, leading to widespread flooding of oil and gas infrastructure, toxic chemical spills and adverse short -LSB-...]

Train accident victims A train accident can affect just one person, such as when someone slips off a platform and is run over by a train, or they can affect an entire community such as with a toxic chemical spill.

So if some catastrophe — be it a fire, storm, or toxic chemical spill — destroyed the building or polluted the property, you would have coverage to help pay for costs and damages.

Not exact matches

The layer of sand Honeywell has applied to the Onondaga Lake bottom to keep toxic mercury and other chemicals in place has failed at least three times since 2012, spilling wastes onto areas of the lake that had been relatively clean.

Spills from oil and gas operations can contaminate local water and soil with high levels of toxic chemicals, salts and radioactivity, but in many cases there is insufficient information to determine how long ago the spill occurred and identify its source.

To test the validity of the method, a second study examined 10 key hazards under the purview of the Department, including earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, pandemic influenza, nuclear detonation, explosive bombing, anthrax attack, cyber-attack on critical infrastructure, accidents involving toxic industrial chemicals, and oil spills.

It can also be used for collection of toxic waste, chemicals or oil spill and in drug delivery systems, for odor control and sanitation after fire.

Here's an excerpt from their post which focuses on flaws in the Toxic Substances Control Act as revealed by the history of the chemical that spilled in West Virginia — 4 - methylcyclohexane methanol, or MCHM:

After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf, almost 2 million gallons of toxic dispersants were used, including the chemical Corexit, which has been banned in the United Kingdom.

Every step of the tar sands process, from mine, to pipeline, to refinery, to the gas tank, to the tailpipe releases toxic chemicals into the air and water, and threatens communities and wildlife with spills and contamination.

«The dispersant chemicals used to clean up oil spills have the unintended effect of transforming crude oil into a toxic mist able to travel for miles and penetrate deep into human lungs, new research has found.»

I've been wondering recently whether we'll see the worst of the BP gulf oil spill at all; whether the combined use of toxic chemical dispersants and media corralling would prevent the public from ever fully grasping the extent of the disaster.

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An advanced containment and skimming plan to corral and clean up the surface spill would have been preferable in my mind than blasting the source with hundreds of thousands of gallons of a toxic chemical untested on this scale, and having it enter every conceivable strata of the food chain.

In the past week, his administration has also called on BP to make more information on the spill available to the public, and to find a less toxic alternative to the chemicals it's using to disperse the oil.

Air quality tests have found 30 toxic chemicals near the spill site.

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The plaintiff Stephen Limoges claimed that he suffered significant pulmonary injuries as a result of inhaling the toxic fumes following a chemical spill.

Transporting toxic chemicals, gasoline or other hazardous cargo represents a significant risk to the environment and the safety of individuals who are exposed to these materials near a spill or leak.

Other suits will no doubt be filed for power outage lawsuits, price gouging, negligence cases (remember the construction crane collapse in Manhattan), worker exposure suits, and likely some toxic tort suits related to spilled chemicals.

• Worker safety standards enforced under the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Mine Safety and Health Act • Clean Water Act permitting of wastewater and stormwater discharges • Clean Air Act emissions regulation • Hazardous waste management and underground storage tank requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) • Spill and chemical reporting and release prevention under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Emergency Planning and Community Right - to - Know Act, Oil Pollution Act, and Clean Water Act • Regulation of chemical manufacturing and distribution under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) • Environmental disclosures under Regulation S - K of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and corporate reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters to the public and interested investors