HAZWOPER Cleanup
Del Amo Cleanup
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Learn about the soil vapor extraction/bioventing system at the Del Amo Superfund Site, Waste Pits Area, in Los Angeles, California. See how it works to remove cancer-causing benzene from the soil, and how progress is measured.
Denny Farm Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup, 1980
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Shows US EPA initial hazardous waste site investigation at a farm (“Denny Farm”) near Verona, Missouri. The farm had been leased by a chemical company for waste disposal and contaminated with various chemicals, including dioxin.
Nydia Velazquez EPA Community Meeting: Gowanus Canal Cleanup. 3/27/13
GowanusCanalCAG
Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez’s EPA Community meeting to discuss the proposed cleanup of the Gowanus Canal Superfund site.
EPA Cleanup – Sanford, Maine
Lee Burnett
Cleanup of oil and contaminated soil that polluted the Mousam River in Sanford, Maine
EPA Brownsfield Cleanup
Exotechinc
Cleanup of the Greif Brothers Brownsfield site in Cullman, Alabama.
Part of Olympics 2012 Site Contaminated
divisivecottonwood
Investigation of evidence of industrial toxins and even radiation on the 2012 Olympic site.
Going for Green – Soil Cleaning in Olympic Park
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“Going for Green – Britain’s 2012 Dream” tells the amazing story of the 2012 Olympic Park build. Find out about soil cleaning in the Olympic Park.
Hazardous Waste Drum Site Cleanup USEPA 1998
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Assessment and cleanup of an abandoned warehouse containing 5,000 drums of hazardous waste with mixed chemicals, including ethylene glycol, peroxides, acids and flammable liquids and solids. Shows the many hazards faced by cleanup workers and some methods for controlling those hazards.
EPA finds 3,069 chemical containers with possibly hazardous materials
Steven Pope
EPA investigation of owner of MS Enterprises for storing and disposing of hazardous waste on his property in Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho.
Chemical Properties
Vapor Pressure Experiment
Zegbook
Total running time is 3:14, but they repeat the experiment several times, so you can see the whole experiment in 1 minute.
Ship floating on nothing!
TheTvelvethMonkey
Relative Gas Density. An aluminum “boat” floats on a sea of sulfur hexafluoride, and is then sunk by filling it up with the gas, much as you might fill a boat with water and sink it. Sulfur hexafluoride is heavier than air (RGasD = 5.11).
Alkali Metals: Explosive Reactions
Open2net
How alkali metals react with water. Running time 1.09.
Note: The owner of this video does not allow for the video to be embedded, but you can view it on YouTube.
Flammable Range Demonstration 1947 Chemistry of Fire US War Department
markdcatlin
Explosive Limits – A short (running time 0:54), very retro (1947) demonstration of explosive limits.
Sampling
Field Sampling – Groundwater Sampling
choch6678
How to: Groundwater Sampling for a shallow well
Washington Department of Ecology
RGA Lead Wipe Sampling Procedure
RGAEnvironmental
Wipe Sampling of Settled Dust for Lead Determination. Can be adapted to non-lead environments.
Sampling Ambient and Effluent Waters for Trace Metals
PublicResourceOrg
Environmental Protection Agency. This video demonstrates the ‘clean’ field sampling techniques described in EPA draft method 1669: Sampling Ambient Water for Determination of Metals at EPA Water Quality Criteria Levels.
PPE
Respirators in the Workplace, Part 3: Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus
Your ACSA Safety
Environmental Protection Agency. This video demonstrates the ‘clean’ field sampling techniques described in EPA draft method 1669: Sampling Ambient Water for Determination of Metals at EPA Water Quality Criteria Levels.
DECON
HAZWOPER – DECON LINE
Chris Cene
A short (running time: 1:18) video of a decon line in action. This video (which has no narration) could be watched critically and criticized for deficiencies.