HazMat Management

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Ecological Risk Assessment Support Center (ERASC) recently prepared guidelines providing an overview of bioaccumulation models for non...

https://hazmatmag.com/2024/10/04/guidelines-for-selecting-the-appropriate-bioaccumulation-models-for-nonionic-organic-contaminants-when-assessing-risk-and-remedial-effectiveness-at-contaminated-sediment-sites/

Written by Federica Giannelli, Communications Coordinator, Canadian Light Source A new testing technique developed using synchrotron light could significantly improve how we monitor the effective...

https://hazmatmag.com/2024/10/04/better-monitoring-of-mining-remediation/

Written by Mark Hyland, Overwatch : ERT & Safety Training When dealing with hazardous materials (HAZMAT) incidents, emergency response teams (ERTs) are tasked with managing life-threatening situa...

https://hazmatmag.com/2024/10/04/emergency-response-teams-the-critical-overlooked-step-decontamination-in-hazmat-incident/

2251760 Ontario Inc. was recently convicted for spilling of diesel fuel that caused or was likely to cause and adverse effect and of failing to do everything practical to prevent, eliminate and a...

https://hazmatmag.com/2024/10/04/ontario-trucking-company-fined-10000-for-diesel-fuel-spill/

11204572 Canada Corporation recently pleaded guilty in the Provincial Court of Ontario, in Toronto, to one charge of depositing a deleterious substance into water frequented by fish, in contraven...

https://hazmatmag.com/2024/10/04/toronto-based-company-ordered-to-pay-50000-for-intentional-release-of-fuel-to-creek/

Avjet Holding inc., a Quebec-based company specializing in aviation fuel distribution, was recently fined $200,000 by the Court of Québec. The company pleaded guilty to one count of violating th...

https://hazmatmag.com/2024/10/04/quebec-based-aviation-fuel-distributor-fined-200000-for-spill/

Written by Kuldeepkumar Chaudhari, Staff Reporter In Bathurst, New Brunswick, the abandoned Smurfit-Stone mill site serves as a sobering reminder of the environmental damage that former industria...

https://hazmatmag.com/2024/09/25/bathursts-industrial-legacy-a-case-study-in-contamination-and-remediation/

Written by Angie Paola Urrea Canon, Staff Reporter and John Nicholson, Editor Preventing and quickly responding to an oil spill is one of the primary focuses for companies that store and transpor...

https://hazmatmag.com/2024/09/10/new-material-discovered-to-clean-up-oil-spills/

Written by Terri-Lee Oleniuk, David Tupper, James Sullivan, KC, Anthony Cayer and Karine Russell, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Environmental class actions have become common for addressing ...

https://hazmatmag.com/2024/06/17/the-rising-tide-of-environmental-class-actions-in-canada/

Written by Parth Trivedi, Staff Reporter GeoEnviro Pro hosted on webinar on June 5th, 2024 entitled “PFAS from a Legal Perspective”. The speaker for the webinar was Rangi George Jeerakathil, ...

https://hazmatmag.com/2024/06/17/a-comprehensive-overview-of-pfas-contamination-sources-challenges-and-mitigation-strategies-webinar-review/