All Safety articles – Page 10
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News
Intrigue at the top of the US’s Chemical Safety Board
Agency that reviews US industrial chemical accidents is trying to oust its managing director
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Opinion
Foaming at the reactor mouth
Turning a 1000 gallon reactor into a giant bubble bath is far from soothing, says Chemjobber
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News
Inaction at US Chemical Safety Board criticised
Agency that investigates serious chemical incidents is accused of sitting on its hands since resignation of former chairman
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Threat to US chemical rail transport headed off
Rail safety crisis that would have put the nation’s chemical distribution at risk has been averted
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Podcast
Chemistry World podcast – October 2015
This month, we chart a course through chemical space and discover the potential problems of cleaning up Sellafield
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Research
Megasupramolecules promise to quell fuel explosions
‘Sticky-ended’ molecules that self-assemble into long chains may have made 9/11 less deadly
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News
US chemical distribution threatened by rail safety crisis
Looming shutdown of America’s rail network puts chemical transportation at risk
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News
Tianjin blast prompts safety overhaul
China’s chemical industry comes under scrutiny in the wake of deadly explosions
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News
Tie funding to lab safety, urges Sheri Sangji's sister
Funding from US research agencies should be linked to a PI’s safety record, says the sister of UCLA lab accident victim
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News
US government uncovers safety failings at nuclear lab
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s safety culture put under the microscope by Department of Energy
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News
US Chemical Safety Board controversy continues
The CSB is facing more tumult, with staff shake-ups and new revelations about its top lawyer
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News
Biosafety blunder as US sends live anthrax to labs around world
Key government committee demands answers after Department of Defense inadvertently sends out live pathogen
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Opinion
Catching the runaways
Exotherms in a plant require more than ice to avoid disaster, says Chemjobber
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News
Industry body accused over links to discredited US fire safety group
Claims that American Chemistry Council was ‘intimately involved’ with flame retardant group exposed as industry front
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Opinion
The nuclear danger of iodine
It may not be an element you think of as problematic. But, as Mark Foreman explains, iodine causes very complicated problems in nuclear accidents
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News
US Chemical Safety Board chairman resigns
Resignation follows accusation of mismangement and exposure of whistleblowers
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News
US chemical safety board in turmoil
The US agency that investigates chemical accidents faces heavy criticism, and its chairman is under pressure to resign
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News
Obama wants to boost R&D funding 6% in 2016
Chemistry funding through the National Science Foundation would grow 3% under new White House budget proposal
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News
Ex-US Navy weapons specialist arrested over chemical stockpile
Arrest made in Canada over osmium tetroxide stores and other chemicals that triggered evacuation of nearby homes