Death in La Porte: Glacial Acetic Acid is Not Vinegar

“I attach a Material Safety Data Sheet for the safe handling of table salt as required by a governmental agency. One could wax sarcastically about this travesty suggesting that next we will be faced with recommendations for handling sugar or even water. Certainly, something is out of control!”  — Harley W. Rhodehamel, in constituent letter [...]

By |2021-07-30T00:17:31-05:00July 29th, 2021|Chemicals, Current Events, Process Safety|Comments Off on Death in La Porte: Glacial Acetic Acid is Not Vinegar

Shelter-in-Place: What the Community Should Know

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”  — H.K.Williams On July 18, 2019, two people were injured after a chemical fire broke out at Diamond Chemical Company in East Rutherford, New Jersey.  At least one of the chemicals involved in the fire was chlorine, which is poisonous, especially as a gas.  When it [...]

By |2019-09-05T13:36:34-05:00September 5th, 2019|Chemicals, Process Safety|Comments Off on Shelter-in-Place: What the Community Should Know
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