Other Hazardous Chemicals

OSHA has added specific definitions for other hazardous chemicals not included in the classifications found in the 

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In the frames of the basic goal to protect the population from the harmful effects of failures, there are a number of measures to be implemented for the protection of and for the diminishing the consequences of failure on personnel and local inhabitants in areas with dangerous chemical production industry. More than 3,930 thousands of tons of hazardous chemical substances are stored or used in production activities of the 78 industrial plants that operate in the Zaporozhia region. These substances include over 0,9 thousands of tons of chlorine, over 1,831 thousands of tons of ammonia and about 1,101 thousands of tons of other hazardous chemicals. 

Since DPE suits were used in conjunction with the 12-kW tests, the committee concludes that they will be suitably safe for use in the possible presence of concentrated (60 percent) nitric acid. Other hazardous chemicals that would be found in an AEA SILVER II plant are typical of those in any large chemical or electrochemical plant and appropriate worker safety equipment and procedures would be used. 

Until recently most people and nearly all corporations accepted the release of at least some level of hazardous wastes into the environment as an unpleasant, but necessary, consequence of the huge success of modern chemical technology. Certainly no one is happy about the presence of dioxins (and PCBs and PAHs and other hazardous chemicals) in the environment. They undoubtedly result in some number of health problems and deaths around the world each year. But that is a small price to pay, some would argue, for having such a diverse and rich supply of pesticides, drugs, perfumes, synthetic foods, medicines, and other chemical products. 

Some states (e.g., California, Washington) have defined a category of extremely hazardous waste, and extremely hazardous substances are specified by EPA under the Emergency Response and Community Right-to-Know Act. Under RCRA and state regulations, however, requirements on waste treatment and disposal generally do not distinguish between extremely hazardous waste and any other hazardous chemical waste. 

The use of pesticides in Malaysia dated back since after the Second World War. These persistent pollutants were primarily used for agriculture and vector control. DDT, dieldrin and endrin found extensive use before they were banned recently. Most of the other persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been banned in Malaysia. However, residues of these pesticides were found in various compartments of the environment such as water, sediment and biota. Nonpesticide POPs were not monitored as much but recent efforts have included monitoring and management of these POPs among other hazardous chemicals. This chapter presents the current status of POPs in Malaysia and various initiatives to manage these pollutants. 

The industrialised countries also bear a special degree of responsibility in connection with pesticides or other hazardous chemicals, for it was they who in one way or another were involved in the supply of most of the pesticides in the first place. 

There are currently no procedures capable of an estimated forecasting in terms of loss of lives and sanitary consequences that are likely to arise from a terrorist attack involving military OP nerve agents. However, some forecasts based on the knowledge of potential action of toxic agents allow to suggest that such an event will be incomparable with those expected, for example, at accidental releases of chlorine, ammonia and other hazardous chemicals. 

It is my hope that this book can define a very complex problem and describe solutions. The examples of dioxin cleanup issues and procedures are offered to provide engineers, health scientists, regulators, lawyers, business people, and other concerned individuals with a methodology applicable to other hazardous chemicals. I believe that science can detect pollutants in the environment and estimate their potential health risk. Society as a whole, scientist and nonscientist, determines acceptable risk. Society also plays a major role in managing risk because we face many problems and have limited resources to deal with them all. 

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Istituto Superiore per la Prevenzione e la Sicurezza del Lavoro - ISPESL). The Institute is one of the technical-scientific bodies of the National Health Sa ce under the Ministry of Health and it operates on all occupational safety and health matters. In addition to the role of the National Advisory Committee on Toxicology in this reject (see below), the task of proposing exposure limits is addressed by ISPESL, which relies on recommendations by the ILO or EC directives that adxlress occupational exposure to carcinogens and other hazardous chemicals in the workplace. 

Adsorption is one of the most frequently applied methods to remove pesticides and dissolved organic pollutants and other hazardous chemicals from water, due to its efficiency, capacity, and possible applicability on a large scale. 

CFR1910.1450(f)(3)(iii) 4.2.1.2 The permissible exposure limits for OSHA-regulated substances or recommended exposure limits for other hazardous chemicals where there is no apphcable OSHA standard ... 

Numerous priority pollutant semivolatiles such as PAHs, various substituted phenols, substituted monoaromatics, and other hazardous chemicals are often extracted along with higher-molecular-weight aliphatic... 

Disposal of regulated hazardous waste into the sanitary sewCT is allowed only in limited situations. The total wastewater must be a mixture of domestic sewage along with the waste whose amount and concentration meet the regulations and limits of the POTW. If approved of by the local district, it may be allowable to dispose of dilute solutions of metals and other hazardous chemicals into the sanitary sewer. 

In a few institutions, however, waste water from chemical laboratories is collected and treated in campus facilities and recycled for irrigation. Where national regulatory authority exists for working with radioisotopes, government agencies typically collect and dispose of radioactive waste from laboratories. Most developing countries do not have similar arrangements for disposal of other hazardous chemicals. 

It will produce materials (as noted below) providing guidance on a baseline of practices required to promote safety and security in their handling and use of toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) and other hazardous chemicals on the laboratory scale in the developing world. It will ... 

It will examine the dual risks— in particular, the risk posed by theft and diversion of relatively small amounts of chemicals from laboratory settings—posed by TICs and other hazardous chemicals in developing... 

There is growing concern about the possible use of toxic industrial chemicals or other hazardous chemicals by those seeking to perpetrate acts of terrorism. The U.S. Chemical Security Engagement Program (CSP), funded by the U.S. Department of State and run by Sandia National Laboratories, seeks to develop and facilitate cooperative international activities that promote best practices in chemical security and safe management of toxic chemicals, including... 

Examine the dual-use risks posed by toxic industrial chemicals and other hazardous chemicals in developing countries, particularly in regions where terrorism is on the rise. 

The dumping of hazardous wastes and other chemicals poses a significant threat and can cause fires, explosions, and pollution of air, water, and land. Spills, leaks, and other hazardous chemical emergencies are potentially dangerous situations. OSHA issued 29 CFR 1926.65, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER), to protect workers and help them handle hazardous wastes and substantial spills and leaks safely and effectively. 

Do not heat radioactive or other hazardous chemicals in microwave ovens since any incident or... 

Wear eye protection to reduce the risk from liquids which might leak from connectors under pressure. Take especial care with sodium hydroxide and other hazardous chemicals. 

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