Hazardous Materials & Waste

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Hazardous Materials Waste

• BY
• Russell Vernon, Ph.D.
• Laboratory / Research Manager

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Hazardous Materials Waste Overview Agenda

• Purchasing
• Storage
• Use
• Disposal

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Purchase

• Hazardous Materials

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Purchasing

• Approvals/Permits
• Biohazards (Brenda Wong)
• Animals (vertebrates, arthropods, arachnids)
• Plants (exotics, invasive, genetically modified
  org.)
• Radioisotopes Radiation Producing Machines
  (Craig Maxwell)
• Chemicals (select agents, controlled substances,
  listed precursor chemicals, explosives, etc.)

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Biohazards

• Viruses
• Bacteria
• Prions
• Select Agents
• www.selectagents.gov
• 7 CFR Part 331, 9 CFR Part 121, and 42 CFR Part 73

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Select Agent Examples
Lawmakers, Officials Press for More Biosecurity
Controls on Labs 9/22/2009
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Purchase/Use Approval Biohazards

• Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
• National Institute of Health Guidelines
• rDNA committee (GMO)
• Faculty Committee with Community Members
• Biological Use Authorizations (BUA)
• Protocols submitted reviewed
• Establish requirements in accord with BMBL
• BioSafety Levels 1, 2, 3, 4
• IBC requirements enforced by BSO

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The Whole of Life (on Earth)

• http//tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html

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Purchase/Use Approval Vertebrate Animals

• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
  (IACUC)
• Federal Laws
• Animal Welfare Act Regulations (7 U.S.C. 2131 et.
  seq.)
• USDA 1995 (9 C.F.R., Chapter 1, Subchapter A)
• Health Research Extension Act of 1985
• Public Law 99-158 (NIST)
• Faculty Committee with Community Members
• Animal Use Authorizations
• IACUC enforced by Campus Vet

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Purchase/Use Approval Insects Plants

• Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
• Import/Export permits controls
• Intrastate movement of plants and animals
• California Department of Food Agriculture
• CCR Title 3 et al. www.cdfa.ca.gov/Regulations.htm
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Plant Protection Quarantine

• Harmful nonnative species cost billions of
  dollars in control or loss of marketable goods
  affect agriculture, forestry, human health, and
  tourism

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Purchase/Use Approval Radioactive Materials
Equipment

• Radiation Safety Committee (RSC)
• Faculty Committee with Community Members
• Radiologic Health Branch
• Radiation Control Law
• Health Safety Code Sec. 114960 et seq.
• Radiologic Technology Act
• Health Safety Code Sec. 27(f)
• Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification
• Health Safety Code Secs. 107150 through 107175
• Title 17, California Code of Regulations,
  Division 1, Chapter 5, Subchapters 4.0, 4.5,
  4.6.

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Purchase/Use ApprovalNon-ionizing Radiation

• Lasers (Light Amplification by the Stimulated
  Emission of Radiation)
• Class 1, 2, 3R, 3B, 4

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Laser Classes

• CLASS 1
• Safe under all conditions of normal use
• Class 1M -Safe for all conditions except when
  passed through magnifying optics
• Class 2
• Safe because the blink reflex will limit the
  exposure to no more than 0.25 seconds
• Class 2M- safe because of the blink reflex if not
  viewed through optical instruments
• Class 3R
• Safe if handled carefully with restricted beam
  viewing

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Laser Classes (continued)

• Class 3B
• Hazardous if the eye is exposed directly, but
  diffuse reflections are not harmful
• Protective eyewear is required where direct
  viewing of a class 3B laser beam may occur
• Must be equipped with a key switch and a safety
  interlock

LASER RADIATIONAVOID EXPOSURE TO THE BEAMCLASS
3B LASER PRODUCT
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Laser Classes(cont)
LASER RADIATIONAVOID EYE OR SKIN EXPOSURE
TODIRECT OR SCATTERED RADIATIONCLASS 4 LASER
PRODUCT

• Class 4
• All lasers with beam power greater than class 3B
• Can burn the skin and permanently damage eyes as
  a result of direct or diffuse beam viewing
• These lasers may ignite combustible materials,
  and thus may represent a fire risk
• Must be equipped with a key switch and a safety
  interlock

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Plants

• Exotic non-native species
• Genetically modified organisms
• Soils and more
• ePermits www.aphis.usda.gov/permits
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and
  Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS),
  Veterinary Services (VS), National Center for
  Import and Export (NCIE)

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Plant Import Export Info

• Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ)
• www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/on
  line_manuals.shtml
• Domestic Programs
• Detection, eradication, containment, or
  suppression of pests or endangered plants
  protection
• Port Programs
• exclude pests or to protect endangered plants
• Emergency Programs
• immediate actions to eradicate a pest

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Plant Permits Required

• To import or transport designated plants, plant
  products and soil into or through the U.S.
• To import plant pests and biological control
  organisms into the U.S.
• To move plant pests and biological control
  organisms between States.
• www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/permits/index.shtm
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Chemicals

• Controlled Substances
• Chemical Precursors
• Chemical Warfare Agents
• Select Agents

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Controlled Substances

• Five SchedulesSchedule II through V are
  prescribed
• Not Schedule I
• substance has a high potential for abuse
• no currently accepted medical use in treatment in
  the United States
• lack of accepted safety for use under medical
  supervision

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Prescribed Drugs

• Schedule II
• High abuse potential
• May lead to severe psychological or physical
  dependence
• Schedule III
• Lower abuse potential
• May lead to moderate dependence

• Schedule IV
• Low abuse potential
• Lower likelihood to lead to dependence
• Schedule V
• Low abuse potential
• Limited dependence likelihood

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DEA Listed Chemicalswww.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/ch
em_prog/34chems.htmregulated transactions

• List I

• List II

• anthranilic acid, benzyl cyanide ,
  ephedrine , ergonovine , ergotamine ,
  N-acetylanthranilic acid , norpseudoephedrine ,
  phenylacetic acid , phenylpropanolamine ,
  piperidine , pseudoephedrine ,
  3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl-2-propanone ,
  methylamine , ethylamine , propionic anhydride
  , isosafrole , safrole , piperonal ,
  N-methylephedrine , N-methylpseudoephedrine ,
  hydriodic acid , benzaldehyde, nitroethane ,
  gamma-butyrolactone, red phosphorus, white
  phosphorus, hypophosphorous acid ,
  N-phenethyl-4-piperidone, iodine

• acetic anhydride, acetone, benzyl chloride,
  ethyl ether, potassium permanganate, 2-butanone,
  toluene, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid,
  methyl isobutyl ketone, sodium permanganate

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California Department of JusticePrecursor
Chemicals

• phenyl-2-propanone, methylamine, ethylamine,
  D-lysergic acid, ergotamine tartrate, diethyl
  malonate, malonic acid, ethyl malonate,
  barbituric acid, piperidine, N-acetylanthranilic
  acid, pyrrolidine, phenylacetic acid, anthranilic
  acid, morpholine, ephedrine, pseudoephedrine,
  norpseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine,
  propionic anhydride, isosafrole, safrole,
  piperonal, thionylchloride, benzyl cyanide,
  ergonovine maleate, N-methylephedrine,
  N-ethylephedrine, N-methylpseudoephedrine,
  N-ethylpseudoephedrine, chloroephedrine,
  chloropseudoephedrine, hydriodic acid,
  gamma-butyrolactone, butyrolactone butyrolactone
  gamma, 4-butyrolactone 2(3H)-furanone dihydro
  dihydro-2 (3H)-furanone tetrahydro-2-furanone
  1,2-butanolide 1,4-butanolide 4-butanolide
  gamma-ydroxybutyric acid lactone
  3-hydroxybutyric acid lactone and
  4-hydroxybutanoic acid lactone, 1,4-butanediol,
  butanediol butane-1,4-diol 1,4-butylene glycol
  butylene glycol 1,4-dihydroxybutane
  1,4-tetramethylene glycol tetramethylene glycol
  tetramethylene 1,4-diol, red phosphorous, white
  phosphorous, hypophosphorous acid

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Chemical Warfare Agents

• Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical
  Weapons www.opcw.org
• Schedule 1
• few, if any, legitimate uses examples nerve
  agents, ricin, lewisite and mustard gas
• Any production gt 100 g notify OPCW
• Schedule 2
• no large-scale industrial uses examples dimethyl
  methylphosphonate, a precursor to sarin and
  thiodiglycol
• Schedule 3
• legitimate large-scale industrial uses examples
  phosgene and chloropicrin

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Select AgentsHHS AND USDA Select Agents AND
TOXINS 7 CFR Part 331, 9 CFR Part 121, and 42 CFR
Part 73

• Abrin
• Botulinum neurotoxins
• Botulinum neurotoxin producing species of
  Clostridium
• Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin
• Conotoxins
• Diacetoxyscirpenol
• Ricin

• Saxitoxin
• Shiga-like ribosome inactivating proteins
• Shigatoxin
• Staphylococcal enterotoxins
• T-2 toxin
• Tetrodotoxin
• Bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent

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Storage

• Hazardous Materials

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Main Issues

• Access (Security)
• Drugs, select agents, terrorism potential
• Adequate warning
• Signs
• Labels
• Abbreviation lists
• Incompatible chemicals mixing
• Earthquakes

• Exceeding storage limits
• Time
• Safety
• Efficacy
• Quantity
• Fire Code
• Building limits
• Homeland Security
• Address limits
• Building Design Limits
• Green Buildings

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Chemical Hazard Classes

• Corrosives
• Flammables
• Oxidizers
• Toxins
• Reactive Chemicals

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Corrosives

• Acids
• Strong acids give up protons (accepts electron
  pairs)
• Bases (Alkalis, Caustics)
• Strong bases accept protons (donate an electron
  pair)
• Storage Segregation

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Acid Type Examples

• Inorganic
• hydrochloric acid
• nitric acid
• phosphoric acid
• sulfuric acid
• boric acid
• hydrofluoric acid
• hydrobromic acid

• Organic
• lactic acid
• acetic acid
• formic acid
• citric acid
• oxalic acid
• Oxidizing
• nitric acid
• perchloric acid
• chromic acid

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Flammables

• NFPA Class IA, IB, IC

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Oxidize4Fe 3O2 ? 2Fe2O3Fe0 ? Fe3 (O0 ?
O-2)

• combine with oxygen
• dehydrogenate esp by action of oxygen
• change (an element or ion) from a lower to a
  higher positive valence remove one or more
  electrons
• coat with oxide make into an oxide

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Oxidizing Polyatomic Ions
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Oxidizers (Class 1, 2, 3, 4)
Least ? Most Reactive

• Class 4
• An oxidizing material that can undergo an
  explosive reaction when catalyzed or exposed to
  heat, shock or friction
• Class 3
• An oxidizing material that will cause a severe
  increase in the burning rate of combustible
  material which it contacts or will undergo
  vigorous self-sustained decomposition when
  catalyzed or heat
• Class 2
• An oxidizing material that will moderately
  increase the burning rate or which may cause
  spontaneous ignition of combustible material
  which it contacts
• Class 1
• An oxidizing material whose primary hazard is
  that it may increase the burning rate of
  combustible material with which it comes in
  contact

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Oxidizer examples (Classified by NFPA)

• Class 4
• ammonium perchlorate
• ammonium permanganate
• guanidine nitrate
• hydrogen peroxide (gt91 conc.)
• perchloric acid (gt72.5)
• potassium superoxide

H2O2
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Oxidizer Examples (continued)

• Class 3
• ammonium dichromate
• potassium chlorate
• hydrogen peroxide (52-91 conc.)
• potassium dichloroisocyanurate
• calcium hypochlorite (gt50 wgt.)
• sodium chlorate
• perchloric acid (60-72.5 conc.)
• sodium chlorite (gt40 wgt.)
• potassium bromate
• sodium dichloro-s-triazinetrione

H2O2
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Example

• Linseed oil (flax seed oil)
• Class 2 oxidizer ? spontaneous ignition of
  combustible material which it contacts

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Toxins

• Acute Chronic Poisons Highly Toxic
• Carcinogens
• Select Carcinogens Occupational (31 substances
  - www.dir.ca.gov/Title8/sb7g16a110.html)
• Prop 65 (845 items - www.oehha.org/prop65/prop65_
  list/Newlist.html)
• National Toxicology Program, Report on
  Carcinogens (245 - http//ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/roc
  )
• International Agency for Research on Cancer
  (http//monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Classification/inde
  x.php)
• Group 1 Carcinogenic to humans (108 agents)
• Group 2A Probably carcinogenic to humans (63
  agents)
• Reproductive Developmental Toxins
• www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/repro
• Neurotoxins, organ specific toxins, Irritants

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Reactive ChemicalsPurchase small amounts, use up
rapidly

• Water Reactive
• Store in an isolated area within the lab, in a
  water-tight cabinet or secondary container
• Pyrophoric
• Store in air-tight containers without oxygen or
  moisture (sure seal bottles, glove boxes)
• Separate from flammables, but in flame resistant
  container when practical
• Self Decomposing
• Check frequently

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Water Reactive Substances Dangerous When Wet

• Reactions
• Alkali metals (Na, K, Li) water ? detonation,
  heat, formation of hydroxide, hydrogen gas
• Alkaline earths (Mg, Be, Ca, Ba) water ?
  detonation, hydrogen gas

• Reactions results
• flammable gas release
• strong oxidizing gas release
• toxic gas release
• metal oxide fume release
• corrosive acids formation

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Dangerous When Wet Reactions (continued)

• Hydrides (LiH, LiAlH4) water ? hydrogen,
  caustic solution
• Carbides of Al, Ca, Mg water ? acetylene
  liberated
• Phosphides water ? phosphine gas
• Nitrides water ? ammonia, caustic solution

• Metallic (inorganic, such as potassium) peroxides
  water ? oxygen gas and heat
• Chlorides of group III metals, transition metals,
  non-metals (Al, Ti, S) water ? hydrogen
  chloride gas

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Pyrophoric

• Can spontaneously ignite in air
• Derived from Greek for fire-bearing

• Includes organometallic reagents
• Alkyllithiums
• Alkylzincs
• alkylmagnesiums (Grignards)
• and some finely divided metal powders
• Specific ex.
• Diborane
• Diethylzinc
• tert-butyllithium
• diphosphine

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Decomposition by Fission Fusion
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Use

• Hazardous Materials

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Hazardous Communication

• Employer/Employee relationships
• Outside a Lab, HazCom Standard applies
• www.dir.ca.gov/Title8/5194.html
• Process Safety Management (140 substances)
• Acutely Hazardous Chemicals, Toxics and Reactives
• www.dir.ca.gov/Title8/5189.html
• In a Lab, the Lab Standard Applies
• www.dir.ca.gov/Title8/5191.html
• Students visitors tort law precedence
• 3rd party contract law

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Proposed changes to the OSHA Hazard Communication
Standard

• http//edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-22483.pd
  f

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proposed modifications

• revised criteria for classification of chemical
  hazards
• revised labeling provisions that include
  requirements for use of standardized signal
  words, pictograms, hazard statements, and
  precautionary statements
• a specified format for safety data sheets and
• related revisions to definitions of terms used in
  the standard, requirements for employee training
  on labels and safety data sheets.

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Hazard Classification Category ExampleAcute
Toxicity
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Carcinogens
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Reproductive Toxins
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Safety Data Sheetsrevision

• 1910.1200Safety Data Sheets, for the specific
  content of each section of the safety data
  sheet.)
• (i) Section 1, Identification
• (ii) Section 2, Hazard(s) identification
• (iii) Section 3, Composition/ information on
  ingredients
• (iv) Section 4, First-aid measures
• (v) Section 5, Fire-fighting measures
• (vi) Section 6, Accidental release measures
• (vii) Section 7, Handling and storage
• (viii) Section 8, Exposure controls/ personal
  protection
• (ix) Section 9, Physical and chemical properties
• (x) Section 10, Stability and reactivity
• (xi) Section 11, Toxicological information.

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New Familiar Symbols
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Hazard Symbols Classes
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Labeling ExampleAcutely Toxic (Cat 4)
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Acutely Toxic (Cat 3)
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Acutely Toxic (Cat 2 1)
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Corrosive
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Respiratory Sensitization
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Unstable Explosive
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Flammable Gas
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Compressed Gas
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Self-Reactive Substances
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Oxidizing Liquid
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Comparison of Data Sheets

• MSDS (required now)

• SDS (Proposed)

• Identification
• Hazard(s) identification
• Composition/information on ingredients
• First-aid measures
• Fire-fighting measures
• Accidental release measures
• Handling and storage
• Handling and storage
• Physical and chemical properties
• Stability and reactivity
• Toxicological information
• Ecological information (Non-mandatory)
• Disposal considerations (Non-mandatory)
• Transport information (Non-mandatory)
• Regulatory information (Non-mandatory)
• Other information, including date of preparation
  or last revision

• Chemical Identity
• Manufacturer's Name and Contact Information
• Hazardous Ingredients/Identity Information
• Physical/Chemical Characteristics
• Fire and Explosion Hazard Data
• Reactivity Data
• Health Hazard Data
• Precautions for Safe Handling and Use
• Control Measures

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Disposal

• Hazardous Materials

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Disposal Summarywww.ehs.ucr.edu/resourceswastedis
posalrequirements.pdf
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Waste Determination

• What types of waste are generated?

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Radioactive Waste Examples

• 32P
• 3H
• 14C
• 35S
• Scintillation vials
• Stock vials

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Biohazardous Waste

• Laboratory or research waste, that is potentially
  infectious to humans, plants or animals, or would
  pose a potential threat to the the environment

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Biohazardous Waste includes

• Cell, bacteria and viral cultures
• Transgenic plants
• Tissue culture supplies

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Medical Waste

• Diagnosis, treatment or immunization of
  humans/animals
• Research on diagnosis, treatment or immunization
  of humans/animals
• Can be biohazardous or sharps
• Includes all hypodermic needles

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Medical Waste Examples

• Blood and blood products
• Lab wastes of significant virulence and quantity
• When in doubt give Biosafety a shout

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Chemical Waste Identification

• Is it?
• Universal waste or Special waste
• On a list of regulated wastes?
• Acutely or extremely hazardous
• www.ehs.uci.edu/programs/enviro/ChemicalList.xls
• Hazardous due to a characteristic
• Inherently waste-like or Unknown
• Or is non-hazardous?

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Universal Waste

• Batteries
• Lamps (fluorescent)
• Thermostats (with hg ampoules)
• Cathode ray tubes (PC monitors) other e-waste
• Anything with a circuit board

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Special Waste

• Used oil
• Used oil filters
• Lead-acid batteries

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Mixed Waste Examples

• Scintillation cocktail
• Tissue samples containing known or suspect
  infectious substances labeled with radioactive
  isotopes.

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Chemical Hazardous Waste

• Hazardous Waste as defined by the regulations
• On a list?
• Extremely or Acutely Hazardous
• Characteristic Waste
• Ignitable
• Corrosive
• Reactive
• Toxic

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Extremely AcutelyHazardous Waste Examples

• Ammonia
• Benzyl chloride
• Chlordane
• Chloroform
• Formaldehyde
• http//www.epa.gov/swercepp/ehs/ehsalpha.html
• www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5189a.html

• Hydrogen fluoride
• Nitric acid
• Phenol
• Sodium azide
• Vinyl acetate monomer

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Chemical Waste

• Ignitable
• Flash point less than 140F
• Most organic solvents
• Acetone, methanol, toluene
• Corrosive
• pH less than 2, greater than 12.5
• Strong acids, bases

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Chemical Waste

• Reactive
• Reacts violently and spontaneously under STP with
  water, air, light, friction
• Examples of reactive chemicals
• Sodium metal
• Dry nitrocellulose
• Old organic peroxides
• Contaminated, crystallized picric acid

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Chemical Waste

• Toxic
• LD50 (lethal dose at which 50 of the test
  population dies) lt5000 mg/kg
• May cause environmental harm
• Thousands of chemicals
• Difficult to determine at bench

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Examples of Inherently Waste-like

• Original stock chemicals
• Conditions which cause EPA to consider them waste
• Retrograde containers
• Bottles cracked
• Caps corroded or cracked
• Dirty
• Labels
• Illegible
• Falling off
• Expiration dates exceeded

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Mixed Waste(Avoid creating when possible very
expensive)

• Radioactive chemically hazardous
• Radioactive biohazardous
• Chemically hazardous biohazardous

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Physically Hazardous Waste

• Sharp and Piercing objects
• Razor blades
• Broken glass
• Pipette tips

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College University Fines
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Cradle to Grave Management

• Managing waste is a highly regulated function
  Failure to adhere to requirements may result in
  high fines and individual prosecution

UCR Pesticide Pits Project
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Minimize Waste Generated

• When practical, reduce hazard characteristics of
  by-products before they become waste
• Reduce the potential for exposure
• Green Chemistry www.epa.gov/greenchemistry

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Minimize Waste Generated

• Neutralize
• If pH is the only hazard, and the pH of the waste
  is between 2 and 12.5, then
• The waste can be neutralized in batches of 5
  gallons or less to a pH of 5 to 9 and may be able
  to drain dispose
• Documentation training is required
• Substitute non-hazardous chemicals
• Includes buffer solutions
• Work on a small scale whenever possible
• Use less reagents create less waste

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Illegal Actions

• Evaporate waste (atmospheric disposal)
• Drain disposal of untreated chemically hazardous
  waste
• Strictly regulated, generally prohibited
• No treatment in the pipes
• Only untreated chemicals allowed
• Bleach (store grade)
• Non-hazardous salt solutions

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Store in Appropriate Area(Large Quantity
Generator)

• Satellite accumulation areas
• An area in the lab designated for the proper
  storage of chemical hazardous waste
• Store only small quantities
• 1 quart max of acutely hazardous waste
• Picked-up at 80 full or after 6 months

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Satellite Accumulation Areas

• Under the control of the operator of the process
  generating the waste
• Inspected weekly by the lab
• Waste prepared appropriately and incompatible
  materials segregated

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Extremely Hazardous Waste

• Triple rinse containers
• Collect rinseate as waste
• Deface the label

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Pesticide Waste

• Regulated
• Triple rinse containers
• Make containers unusable
• Use rinseate to dilute next batch when possible

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Preparing Labeling Universal Waste

• Label as universal waste or used batteries,
  or used lamps etc.
• Not dead batteries
• Mark with the date that accumulation began
• Request pickup lt 9 months
• Contain to prevent damage or leakage

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Preparing Unknown Waste

• Avoid creating them in the first place!
• Provide as much information as you can
• Process that generated the waste
• Best guess on identification
• HAZCAT analysis

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Preparing Biohazard/Medical Waste

• Storage requirements for red bagged waste and
  filled sharps containers
• Over zero C - not more than 7 days
• Under zero C not more than 90 days
• If autoclaving medical waste must use registered
  autoclaves
• Bag must be weighted and recorded
• Use autoclave indicator tape
• Contact Biosafety with questions
• Use Red Bags ONLY for biohazard waste, not as
  general trash bags

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Segregating Waste

• Physical states
• Incompatible hazards
• Oxidizers from organics
• Acids from bases
• See poster for complete list
• Minimize mixtures
• A solution that contains more than one hazard
  class DOES NOT need to be separated
• Components of the mixture need to be tracked

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Waste Preparation Containers

• Container must be compatible with contents
• No food containers!
• Containers closed when not in use
• when not actively being filled
• Free from external contamination
• In good condition
• No evidence of cracks, dents, corrosion
• Labeled with Hazardous Waste Label

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Secondary Containment

• Waste container must be placed in secondary
  containment
• Holds 110 of the volume of the largest container

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Waste Disposal When?

• Container should be 80 full
• Reduces the number of containers shipped
• Reduces amount of time on pickups
• Minimizes costs to the university

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Accidents and Spills

• Ask your self
• If I do nothing, will it get worse or cause a
  release to the environment?
• If it will get worse, call for help (9-1-1)
• If it wont get worse, do you have necessary
  materials and proper training to clean it up?

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Accidental Releases to the Environment

• Stop
• Action causing the release
• Recover
• As much released material as you safely can
• Report
• The incident as soon as possible!
• Local CUPA/PA
• CA Office of Emergency Services 800-852-7550
• National Response Center 800-424-8802.

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Self-Audits

• Check conditions for hazardous waste
• Is everything properly labeled?
• Are all containers in good condition?
• Appropriate use of secondary containment?
• Is everything properly stored?
• Is waste properly segregated?
• Provide suggestions to improve service

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Hazardous Chemical Storage

• Aged/unwanted inventory
• Donate to the Chemical Reuse Program
• Prepare unneeded materials for disposal
• General Housekeeping
• Are the areas organized and labeled well?

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Waste Labels

• Prior version

• UC OTP System

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Incineration (pictured is at Kimball,NB)
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For more information

• ehs.ucr.edu
• 951 827 5119
• russell.vernon_at_ucr.edu