Articles of Interest
“Suffocating in the streets”: Chemical weapons attached reported in Syria
NBCNews.com
By: Ian Johnston, Charlene Gubash and Ammar Cheikomar
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 8:10 AM EDT
A chemical weapon was used during fierce fighting in a strategically important Syrian town, rebels and the government claimed on Tuesday, with each side blaming the other for the deadly attack.”
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SABIC official: No injuries from phosgene leak at Mount Vernon Plant
By Megan Fisher
Posted September 26, 2012 at 3:26 p.m., updated September 27, 2012 at 12:06 a.m.
“MOUNT VERNON, Ind. — A leak of phosgene, an industrial chemical used in the production of plastics, occurred Monday at SABIC Innovative Plastics in Mount Vernon, Ind.”
*Special Note: the “highly sensitive badges” mentioned in the article are our SafeAir Phosgene badges*
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Detergent Suicide in Swatara Township, Dauphin County
Posted on: June 12, 2012 www.livoniafirefighters.com
“On 05/03/12 around 1000 am Swatara Township Police and Fire (49, 41, 40) along with Lifeteam were dispatched to the Super 8 Hotel off of Eisenhower Boulevard for a barricaded person involving hazardous materials…”
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Poisoned man sickens rescuers, shuts down Margate Emergency Room
Posted: 8:23 AM April 2, 2012, Mike Clary, Sun Sentinel
"The suicidal man survived the revolting attempt to take his own life.
But by downing a toxic cocktail of malathion — a common pesticide — he touched off a chain of disruptive consequences…”
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Reminder in Margate of the Danger of Suicide and Chemicals
Posted on April 2, 2012 by Randall
"An incident in Margate,FL yesterday is a good reminder for first responders to be wary of the presence of chemicals in suicide attempts…”
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A First Responder Responds
Steve Harris, LT, Dallas Fire Rescue/Hazmat, ACEP News, 03/28/12
“As a first responder who has been called to the scene of a chemical suicide, I wanted to share some of my experience regarding "Chemical Suicides a Danger to EMS" (ACEP News, October 2011, p. 1)…”
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Chemical suicide response training part of exercise
Posted Mar 21, 2012 @ 02:10 PM, China Lake,Calif.—
"Exercise Solid Curtain/Citadel Shield 2012, sponsored by Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and supported by Commander, Navy Installations Command, has started on all CONUS Navy installations,
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Cal Poly student found dead in car filled with toxic gas
Posted on Fri, Mar. 16, 2012 by Nick Wilson
“A 19-year-old Cal Poly freshman was found dead in a car filled with poisonous gas on campus Friday, …”
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Nursing home meth lab fire death ruled accidental
Published March 07, 2012 | Associated Press
COLUMBUS, OHIO – “A man killed by a methamphetamine lab fire at an Ohio nursing home was burned over 90 percent of his body, and his death was accidental, …”
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Cross-Border Methamphetamine Trade Booms Amid Mexico's War on Drugs
By F. Brinley Bruton, msnbc.com - February 2012
"The number of methamphetamine "super labs" seized by Mexican authorities has rocketed in the last five years but shipments of the drug across the border have also continued to grow,... "
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