Source: http://www.thedailysound.com, September 11, 2009 Hazardous materials crews responded to the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital pathology lab yesterday evening after three gallons of Formalin, a formaldehyde-based preservative, spilled. City fire Capt. Gary Pitney said 15 to 20 employees were present when the spill occurred just before 6:30 p.m., and all evacuated quickly, limiting exposure to […]

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Source: http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/, February 2, 2010 About 500 people, including 90 children, have been evacuated from a hospital campus in Denver, CO, this morning, following an accident involving hazardous chemicals. A spokesperson from National Jewish Health said that most people evacuated were staff. Approximately 35 people were hospitalized to treat respiratory problems and nausea. Reportedly, chlorine […]

Source: http://www.wtkr.com/, March 10, 2010 Officials at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center say 15 patients and 16 staff members have been diagnosed with Norovirus this week. Norovirus is a gastrointestinal or stomach illness that leaves its victims with symptoms like nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle aches, and fatigue. “It’s spread through the stool and vomit of someone […]

Source: CBS News, Canada, July 7, 2009 Officials have isolated a unit on the third floor of the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary because of three swine flu cases. The hospital has stopped admitting new patients to the unit, which usually treats children with kidney problems, because one staff member and two children are confirmed […]

Publication Date 06/16/2010 Source: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA) A Montgomery County beef processing plant that officials said released fish-killing pollutants into the Skippack Creek will pay $2 million in penalties, federal officials announced Wednesday. The fines were levied after the firm, Moyer Packing Co. in Franconia Township, dumped pollutants into the creek. Skippack Creek is a tributary […]

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Publication Date 06/16/2010 Source: Columbus Dispatch (OH) Less than a year after Heartland Refinery Group was praised by city and state officials as a cutting edge “green” business, the company has been sued by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for violating air pollution limits. In the process, the state says Heartland created “a substantial odor […]

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Publication Date 06/17/2010 Source: Philadelphia Daily News (PA) A beef-processing plant reached a settlement yesterday with the U.S. Attorney’s Office over its six-year history of pollution violations. JBS Souderton violated the Clean Water Act and the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law by releasing animal waste, E. coli, ammonia, oil and grease into Skippack Creek in Montgomery County, […]