Chemical/Radiation Threads

• Chemical plants redouble their security efforts
• Chemical Leak Forces Evacuation Of Morro Bay
• Portland Great Western felled by y2k fix
• Trail, B.C.: Cominco Workers Exposed to Thallium
• UK radiation reaches Norway
• Russia: Who cares about a little nuke waste?
• Train Derailment affects gas pipeline
• Sunoco shuts Pennsylvania cat cracker after leak
• Microsoft S/w bug puts Russian nukes at risk
• Study flags radioactive threat
• Activists Demand Disclosure About Mercury Content in Dental Fillings
• UBC: hazardous chemical spill
• If Microwaves are Safe, Why is the Pentagon Using Them as a Weapon?
• Ukraine: small amount of radioactive material stolen
• Russia seeks help in destroying chemical weapon stockpile
• California PUC Approves Rate Increases of Up to 46%
• An 'Electricity Police' Plan That Sputters
• Davis Justifies Power Pact Secrecy With Obscure Code
• Nerve Gas Leak Detected After Quake
• Bush plans to let electricity-sales order expire, official says
• Romanian Official Says Cyanide Spill Was Deliberate
• Brazil: Arsenic-laden Runoff
• Allies Fear Disease Caused by US Shells in Kosovo
• Washington state prisoner radiation case nearly over
• Norwegian Radiation Authority investigates Russian pollution scare
• Joffre, Alberta: Leak at Chemical Plant
• Study shows higher radiation levels for Paducah workers
• VA - Failed alarm makes fuel spill worse
• MASS - Kraft spill contained at East Woburn facility
• Columbia, SC: Company Officials Shutdown Plant After State Orders Closing Due to Suspected Leak of Organic Tin Into River
• NY:Eleven Overcome By Dimethoate Fumes at Lawn and Garden Treatment Product Company
• CA: Emergency phone calls delayed after toxic-chemical release
• Sulfuric Acid Compound Spills at Plastics Coating Plant, Sends at Least 40 For Treatment
• Hundreds evacuated in central Mexico after malathion pesticide leak
• Mercury scare in Chicago
• Oregon - Employees sue to shut down Umatilla Chemical Depot; allege nerve gas leaks
• SC - Valve Malfunction Knocks Out Worker; Chem Tank
• CHICAGO--Dozens of people evacuated because of a leak of nitric acid
• EUROPE - Chlorine Leak at Chemical Factory
• NJ: Exxon Mobil's Baytown Olefins Plant Shut
• CANADA: 3,000 EVACUATED NEAR ACID PLANT FIRE
• Japan: Plant blowup kills 4, injures 22 in Gunma
• Japan: Chemical Plant Explosion
• PA, Ammonia leak forces evacuation at plant
• WA: Hanford 'take-cover' alarm sounds after workers smell sulfur
• NJ - Printer Glitch Causes More Airport Delays
• IOWA - Elevated Reading Found at IAAAP
• Death ruling raises issue of Gulf War ills
• Safety Concerns Stop Work at Los Alamos Neutron Lab
• U.S. to Pay Thousands for Radiation Exposure - Post
• Alabama Town Residents Evacuated
• Newport, TN: EPA Orders Chemical Plant Shut Down, Citing Potential Well Contamination, Releases, or Explosion
• US Monitoring Reports of Elevated Radiation Levels in Kazakhstan
• Two Rivers, WI: Cause of Chlorine Leak at Water Plant Undetermined: Nearby Buildings Evacuated
• Idaho Radioactive-Waste Converter Exceeds Emissions Limit
• N. CAROLINA - More Than 6,000 Gal. Hydrochloric Acid Leaks From Malfunctioning Pressure Valve
• TEXAS - Update...Thousands Flee Acid Tank Danger Near Houston...
• UKRAINE - Update...Zaporozhye Nuclear Plant
• THAILAND - Workers Rushed to Hospital From Inhaling Ammonia Gas, Governor Refuses To Shut Down Factory
• UK - Suspected Dangerous Chemicals Discovered at Beach Area
• CHICAGO - Chemical Leak Sickens at Least 9 People
• ILLINOIS - Ammonia Leak Causes Injuries, Forces Evacuation
• TEXAS - 2 Chemical Plant Workers Found Dead
• ZAMBIA - Acid Shortage Hits Copper Tailing Plant (Technical Problems Cited)
• New Mexico: 1,000 Geese Die Near Roswell
• NEW MEXICO --Workers Exposed to Plutonium at US Lab
• ST. LOUIS - Low-Level Uranium Escaped into Plant, U.S. Inspectors Say
• FLORIDA - Tests Show Area Tainted
• PA--Chemical Linked to 2 Allentown Fires
• PA--Chemical Worker Badly Hurt When Door Blew Off Overpressurized Kiln at Allentown Mercury Reclamation
• TEXAS--State Faults US on Solvent Leak, Officials Probe Delay in Reporting Levels Near Nuclear Arms Plant
• THAILAND--Spate of Accidents Sparks Factory Inspection Drive, 2,200 Plants Will Be Covered
• OHIO--Update, Spll Treated as Water Reaches Tiffin (Sandusky River)
• Romania - 6 wks ago it was Cyanide; Now it's a mine spill - 20,000 tons of metal pollutants headed for rivers
• Thailand--Follow Up to Poison Gas Leak at Petrochemical Company
• Finland--Strike Warning Issued For Plastic and Chemical Products Sector
• Plastics Plant Worker Dies From Exposure to toxin
• UK: Major Gas Leak at Chemical Works in Cheshire
• Entire Ohio Town of 500 Evacuated After Tank Collapse and Chemical Spill
• Number of Reported Chemical Incidents Up Ever-so-slightly
• New York - Alert; Radioactivity released; Indian Point 2 Plant
• Federal Chemical Safety Board comments on Y2k & accidents
• Hospital malfunction
• No significant increase in reported chemical incidents.
• 1100 State Workers Sent Home Following Chemical Spill Albany, NY,
• Emergency Response and Notification Systems unplugged, non-Y2k compliant
• Columbus Ohio, Hundreds Evacuate VA Medical Clinic, Seven Taken to Hospital Due to Carbon Monoxide Leak
• Chemical Warning System/ failed several times in last 15 months..Thurs and Saturdays malfunction....can it be y2k related