The U.S. Chemical Safety Board, which investigates chemical accidents, dispatched an investigative team.
The existing law that regulates chemical safety, the Toxic Substances Control Act, was written in the 1970s and is ineffective and outdated.
An OSHA spokesman said the agency is working with the Chemical Safety Board and Environmental Protection Agency to determine the cause of the Texas explosion.
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Engler, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years, vice William E.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said in a news release that it was deploying a "large investigation team" to the scene of the fire and explosion.
Another area where Hei sees opportunity is in chemical safety.
In spite of renewed calls for regulatory measures, OSHA's Mr. Barab said it will be years before the agency settles on a new combustible-dust standard, a key regulatory measure recommended by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, a separate government agency.
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Mark Carpenter, research fellow at Cranfield University's Chemical Safety, Fuels and Environment Group, said that hydrocarbon fuels were "a very good way of storing energy" but that linking the process to renewable energy was the only way to make it tenable.
He planned to fill out the remainder of his term updating chemical-safety laws, enacting new curbs on gun violence and steering federal dollars back to New Jersey to help communities rebuild after superstorm Sandy.
The law would require chemical manufacturers to demonstrate the safety of industrial chemicals used in everyday household products.
Among other things, I favor government-run roads, government-supported subways in large cities, educational subsidies for children whose parents cannot afford private tuition, safety regulation of dangerous chemical and nuclear facilities, regulation of natural monopolies, copyright protection, and so forth.
Over the past few months, CBS News, NPR and Dan Rather have run powerful segments and the popular media in general has cheerleaded a recent lawsuit spearheaded by the Center for Food Safety and other anti-chemical groups demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency ban the insecticide.
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Novel nanosensors will allow for the rapid detection, diagnosis and prescription of antidotes to deadly biological or chemical agents--such technologies could ensure safety of both armed forces and civilian populations.
On Tuesday, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said it was conducting a chemical analysis of internal short circuiting and thermal damage of the battery that caught fire in Boston.
Achieving this sort of change is comparable to how car manufacturers have instilled a commitment to quality or chemical companies such as DuPont have succeeded in making safety first such a central value.
After all, Hambrecht says, shampoo companies, car manufacturers, safety equipment makers and toy businesses all rely on the chemical industry for ingredients that will give them an edge.
The issue came into sharp relief in 2011, when China's food-safety inspectors discovered in pork products from a Shuanghui subsidiary the chemical clenbuterol, which speeds muscle growth in pigs but can cause headache, nausea and an irregular heartbeat when consumed by humans.
Syria is believed to possess large quantities of chemical weapons and there has been heightened concern among the international community in recent months about the safety of the stockpiles.
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Syria is believed to possess large amounts of chemical weapons and there has been heightened concern among the international community in recent months about the safety of the stockpiles.
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