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Chemical accident
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Main page A chemical disaster is the unintentional release of one or more

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Create a book Efforts to prevent accidents range from improved safety systems to
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िहन्दी In the United States, concern about chemical accidents after the Bhopal
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Community Right-to-Know Act. The EPCRA requires local emergency
planning efforts throughout the country, including emergency notifications.
The law also requires companies to make publicly available information
about their storage of toxic chemicals. Based on such information,
citizens can identify the vulnerable zones in which severe toxic releases
could cause harm or death.
In 1990, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board was
established by Congress, though the CSB did not become operational
until 1998. The Board's mission is to determine the root causes of
chemical accidents and issue safety recommendations to prevent future
Safety Performance Indicators. It also organizes workshops on a number
of issues related to preparing for, preventing, and responding to chemical
accidents.[1]
In the European Union, incidents such as the Flixborough disaster and
the Seveso disaster led to legislation such as the Seveso Directive and
Seveso planning and provide for safety reports to local authorities. Many
countries have organisations that can assist with substance risk
assessment and emergency planning that is required by a wide variety of
legislation, such as the National Chemical Emergency Centre in the UK,
Brandweerinformatiecentrum voor gevaarlijke stoffen/Fire service
information centre for dangerous goods in Belgium.
In the UK, the UK Chemical Reaction Hazards Forum publishes reports of
accidents on its web site.[2] These accidents were, at the time, minor in
nature, but they could have escalated into major accidents. It is hoped
that publishing these incidents will prevent "Re-inventing the Wheel". At
present, (Dec 2008), there are over 140 articles on the web site.

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1. ^ "Chemical Accidents: About Archived May 31, 2008, at the Wayback
Machine." OECD Environment Directorate. OECD. 19 July 2007.
2. ^ Jones, Dr. Ron. "UK Chemical Reaction Hazard Forum Home" . Retrieved
22 October 2016.

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24-7 Response
National Chemical Emergency Centre
Brandweerinformatiecentrum voor gevaarlijke stoffen/Fire services
information centre for dangerous goods
Case Studies in Process Plant Accidents
U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board [1]
U.S. EPA, Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office
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Safety in the use of Chemicals at work – International Labour
Organization (ILO) – (PDF-file)
MSDSonline.com A Searchable Database for Material Safety Data
Sheets(MSDS)
OECD Programme on Chemical Accidents: Environment Directorate
Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness
and Response
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health – Chemical
Safety
A searchable database for chemical safety accidents and lessons
learned – FACTSOnline
Preventing Chemical Accidents – How to Prevent Chemicals From
Contaminating Your Workplace – Safety Storage Systems

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Chemical accident

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