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HAZMAT NEWS

 

CHEM-BIO NEWS


Hazmat Incident: Hydrochloric Acid Overheats at Water Plant in Columbia Heights
Patch.com
Original post (3 pm Tuesday): Fire crews from Fridley and several other cities descended on the City of Minneapolis water works facility in Columbia Heights Tuesday afternoon, responding to a hazardous-materials incident after caustic soda was ...

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Suspicious Letters to Boehner, Coats, and Murray Prompt House-Senate Alert
National Journal
A HAZMAT team was also dispatched in that incident, and the material was transported to the lab at the Indiana State Board of Health for further testing, according to the reports. Coats' office confirmed the story on Wednesday.

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Hazmat Crew Called To Drake University
KCCI Des Moines
Officials said the student may be assessed the cost of the hazmat call. Drake officials posted a statement on Twitter about the incident. "Today's campus alert resulted from a benign substance, however we reacted with student safety in mind.

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Austin Salutes: Joint Task Force 71
Austin News
Members met in San Antonio for a conference hosted by the United States Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force. The Austin Fire Department and Hazmat team also attended, along with the Texas Department of Emergency Management.

FBI: ON GUARD AGAINST WMD - INSIDE THE BIOLOGICAL COUNTERMEASURES UNIT, PART 1
The Cypress Times
The directorate combines law enforcement investigative authorities, intelligence analysis capabilities, and technical subject matter expertise in a coordinated approach to deal with incidents involving nuclear, radiological, biological, or chemical ...

Fort Polk update: 2012 will be banner year
Beauregard Daily News
Our nation can sleep soundly at night knowing that in the event of a natural disaster, or chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident, the 1st MEB is fully prepared and trained to deploy on a moment's notice anywhere in the nation.

LANDMINE NEWS

   

BBC News
Chile-Peru border reopens after landmine incident
BBC News
Chile has reopened its main border crossing with Peru after closing it on Monday when heavy rain washed landmines onto the road. Army bomb disposal experts gave the all-clear after detonating a number of devices in controlled explosions, officials said ...
Chile Re-opens Border After Clearing Landmines Dislodged by FloodAndean Airmail & PERUVIAN TIMES
Peru-Chile border reopened after landmine hazardAndina - Agencia Peruana de Noticias
Chile rains wash landmines onto the roadGlobalPost (blog)

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The Express Tribune
Bara landmine explosion leaves three dead
The Express Tribune
The use of Improvised Explosive Devises (IEDs) and landmines have been increased by the militants as many of their strongholds are now under the control of the security forces. However, the war has now shifted to a more strategic level where the use of ...

The Express Tribune
Landmines, firing leave 7 dead in Balochistan
The Express Tribune
By Our Correspondent One man died on the spot when stepped on a landmine placed by unidentified persons in his farm. Four people were killed and a woman was injured in separate incidents of landmine explosions and firing in Chamalang, ...
Landmines kill two in BalochistanPakistan Daily Times

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