Yale releases toxic foam into Oyster River
Officials said tens of thousands of gallons of a foam-water mixture spilled out of a Yale storage building and into the river when a water pipe broke and fire protection system foam spilled from a tank.
WEST HAVEN, Connecticut (Manchester Journal Inquirer) September 2, 2010 -- Yale University has apologized for a chemical foam discharge from the school's West Haven, Connecticut campus that killed some fish and eels in the Oyster River.
A spokesman said that despite killing some wildlife, the foam mixture will have a minimal effect on the environment and is not a health threat to people or animals.
Officials said tens of thousands of gallons of a foam-water mixture spilled out of a Yale storage building and into the river August 31 when a water pipe broke and the water mixed with fire protection system foam that had spilled from a tank.
Authorities said the foam is 94 percent water and 6 percent butyl carbitol, a skin, eye, and mucous membrane irritant.
The state is overseeing the river cleanup.
Link: http://www.journalinquirer.com/articles/2010/09/02/politics_and_government/doc4c7f95abbbb15057619108.txt
Source: DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report
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