Table EIR 6. Hazardous waste incident, demolition of out-of-date laboratory 

 reagents from Escambia County schools (Teaf 1980) . 



Personal damage: None . 



Environmental damage: None . 



Economic damage: Not calculated, but includes cost of Navy team of ex- 

 plosives experts from Panama City to package and remove 22 oz of crys- 

 tallized picric acid. In addition, following this incident as extensive 

 inventory was undertaken to identify, repackage and dispose of other poten- 

 tially dangerous, outdated reagents at the schools. 



Cause of problem: Discovery of 22 oz of outdated, crystallized picric 

 acid, a close structural relative of trinitrotoluene (TNT), at three 

 schools in Escambia County. This incident led to the discovery of many 

 other stored chemicals, the shelf life of which had expired and which 

 posed a potential threat because of their flammability, toxicity or ex- 

 plosive nature . 



Type and quantity of hazardous waste: Small quantities (1-5 lb) of a wide 

 variety of potentially dangerous, outdated laboratory reagents found 

 stored at several (12) Escambia County schools. Particularly dangerous 

 was a total of 1.5 lb of picric acid found at three schools. 



Date of incident: May - June 1979 . 



Location: Twelve Escambia County public schools. 



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