Recent Chemical Spills and the Need for Professional Biohazard Cleaning Pros
It seems as though every week there is another chemical spill or biohazard that needs to be cleaned up as a matter of public safety. In 2021 it was reported that the Feds had to become involved after chemical and oil spills resulting from Hurricane Ida posed a significant threat. However, most more localized chemical spills and biohazards don’t usually make it to national news outlets. In fact, sometimes even local community level threats don’t make it to the local headlines and for this reason, many families and businesses aren’t aware of how they should handle toxic spills.
Start With Something Familiar
There probably isn’t a person out there reading this who hasn’t seen those red receptacles in a doctor’s office or in hospitals where medical professionals dispose ofpotentially hazardous waste such as paper towels and used syringes. However, it’s a different story when it comes to potential contaminants like blood spills and splatters.
Hospital personnel have been specially trained to clean those kinds of hazards and so it should be when there are biohazard spills in a home or place of business. It is vital to contract the services of certified bio hazard cleaning pros under certain conditions. A drip of pesticide can be easily mopped up with a disposable cloth and hot, soapy water. On the other hand, if an entire 50-gallon barrel of pesticide should topple and spill in a gardening store, that’s another matter altogether.
A Potentially Explosive Chemical Spill in California
As recently as August of this year, a portion of Highway 215 was closed in Perris, California when almost 188,000 pounds of styrene leaked from a railway car. The biggest concern, according to officials, is that styrene can literally explode if exposed to heat. Imagine what 94 tons of TNT would do if it exploded. Anything within a certain range would be disintegrated. The details were broadcast on this local television station in which professional biohazard cleaning crews in hazmat PPE could be seen in the area.
Another Potentially Lethal Spill on the East Coast
In the same month, just days apart from the chemical spill in California, West Virginia was dealing with its own potentially lethal spill of a dangerous chemical. In this case, there were more than 12,000 containers of a cleaning agent that spilled onto the road as the result of a truck accident on the turnpike. That section of the highway was closed for the better part of a day while professional teams in hazmat gear cleared that spill away.
The main point being made in all this is that you can never be too cautious when it comes to chemical spills or biohazards of any kind. Certified biohazard cleaning professionals can be called in to assess any potential dangers to people, animals, or property. Whether it’s cleaning a chemical spill or sanitizing/sterilizing a nursing home after an outbreak of covid, any time biohazards pose a potentially life-threatening risk, you can do no less than to leave the cleanup in the hands of the pros.
