A CHEMICAL leak during a classroom accident sparked fears over the health of two Tyneside students.

A sixth form class at Walbottle Campus in Newcastle, was conducting an experiment when a student dropped a container of the toxic substance, bromine.

The chemical, which smells like bleach, is poisonous and can cause breathing problems, coughing fits, headaches, dizziness and vomiting.

It was feared two students, a lab assistant and a teacher, who were nearest the spillage, had inhaled the fumes.

Paramedics were called out to the school immediately after the incident at about noon.

The remaining seven students in the class were checked over on the spot and given the all-clear.

WHAT was described as a ‘minor’ chemical accident at Grove Academy on Friday morning led to eight pupils and a teacher being taken to Ninewells Hospital.

The incident took place within a science laboratory at the Broughty Ferry secondary school.

The exact circumstances surrounding what occurred are not known but it believed that the chemical bromine was involved.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- Employees at a Grand Junction recycling business inadvertently cut into a pipe containing a chemical called Bromine Trifluoride. The chemical caught fire inside the pipe and caused employees to evacuate the business on Wednesday afternoon.
The incident took place at Pacific Steel and Recycling, located at 2365 River Rd.
Employees were recycling some metal pipe when when the chemical fire occurred. According to officials, the chemical Bromine Trifluoride is commonly used in oil field work to help drill through hard materials.
The Grand Junction Fire Department says that because the smoke from the fire is a respiratory irritant, the business' yard, which is about 20-acres, had to be evacuated, including the 30 employees who were working there at the time.

A Wellington High School staff member has been taken to hospital after inhaling a chemical in a science lab.

An ambulance spokesman said police, ambulance and fire engines all attended the callout this morning about 9.30am.

A female lab technician was taken to hospital in a moderate condition.

Principal Prue Kelly said the accident happened when the technician was preparing a lab for classes before school.

"She broke a container of bromine, and would have inhaled a couple of mouthfuls before she was able to step away. She got a bit of a shock I think."

No pupils were in the lab at the time of the accident.

Breathing in bromine can cause respiratory problems, irritation, dizziness and headaches. It can also cause skin irritation and burns.

By Maryam Khalfan - MUSCAT – In unfamiliar incident, an emission of a sharp smell resulting from a chemical reaction emitted smoke and a sharp smell in one of the chemistry laboratories on the main building of one of the schools in Seeb activated an emergency alert causing panic among students last week, it is learnt.
The incident occurred when the laboratory technician was preparing Bromine water for an experimental exercise before the students could proceed for the lesson that is part of the Ministry of Education’s (MoE) grade 11 syllabus in bilingual schools.
The reaction of the solution changed from its liquid to gas state and emitted a smoke like fume, which was sensored by one of the smoke detectors equipped in the laboratory and other susceptible and select areas of the school.
Automatically, the smoke detector activated the alarm bells in the corridors of the school for students to vacate to safety. Immediately, all the teachers confirmed that it was not a false call and instantly guided and instructed the students to safely proceed to the assembly point within moments of the incident.

MONTEREY PARK - A hazardous chemical spill in a computer chip factory early Tuesday morning required fire crews from three cities to clean it up, but no one was injured in the incident.
Monterey Park fire Capt. Matt Hallock said the fire department was notified of an alarm at Kotura, 2630 Corporate Place, about 3:30 a.m.

“When they arrived, they saw a chemical haze inside building and immediately called hazmat,” Hallock said.

The response included all remaining fire crews from Monterey Park and hazmat teams from Glendale and Burbank, which Hallock said are better equipped for these types of incidents.

The spill was determined to consist of ammonia and hydrogen bromide, both of which can burn the lungs if inhaled, but the crews were able to clean it up in about four hours.

Hallock said the cause of the leak has not yet been determined.

a chemical factory ‘Shasun Chemicals and Drugs Limited’ at SPICOT Industrial Estate, Tamil Nadu has lead to the hospitalization of more than 120 people. Fire broke out at the stores of the factory where chemical bromine and hydrochloric acid had been stocked, leading to poisonous fumes emanating from the unit on Monday night. Fire brigade personnel neutralized the gas using carbonated water.

HUNTSVILLE, TX (KTRK) -- Officials at Sam Houston State University evacuated the chemistry and forensic science building due to a chemical spill in the building.

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A spokesperson for the university said that shortly before 8am Tuesday a bottle of bromine was knocked over as students were preparing to do a lab in the building. The bromine is in liquid form, but turns to gas rather quickly.
The building's safety officer was notified and they went through standard procedure and evacuated the building.
Huntsville Fire Department's Hazmat team cleaned up the spill and will continue to monitor the air.

Adrian, MI (WTVG) -- A potentially deadly chemical leak caused quite a commotion today in Adrian.

Two people were rushed to the hospital, a neighborhood was ordered to stay inside with the windows closed, and schools were delayed.

It happened at Bio-Lab, a chemical making plant in Adrian, Michigan

Bromine, used to make swimming pool chemicals, polluted the air. Adrian fire chief Paul Trinka said the chemical can be deadly "at a high enough concerntration." Fortunately, levels weren't high enough to cause death.

Bio-Lab manager John Poelstra says the bromine released was "a very small amount, but bromine has very high warning properties. So despite being such a small amount of material, it is detectable."

VINELAND -- A chemical used in developing X-ray film caused the odor that led to an evacuation Sept. 8 at a medical office building, according to the city Fire Department.

The bromine-based chemical spilled in a storage closet in the building, part of the former Newcomb Hospital campus at State Street and Chestnut Avenue.

Fire Chief Robert Pagnini said the chemical is injected from canisters into a water treatment system.

A supply of the chemical was found once the building was vented enough for a thorough search, he said.

Bromine is reddish-brown liquid that emits a brownish vapor at room temperatures. It is a germicide, but also is useful in treating film.

Paul Simon, a South Jersey Healthcare spokesman, said the bromine was in use in an X-ray facility. Like chlorine, he said, it can irritate the respiratory system or skin if someone is exposed to it.

The University of Washington chemistry building was evacuated early Thursday afternoon after students felt ill from vapors.
"There was no spill or leak, but there were three people exposed," department spokesman Helen Fitzpatrick said.
No students were being taken to hospitals, according to fire officials.
Fitzpatrick said the three students were alert shortly after the incident.
The incident sent dozens of students wearing white lab coats into the street.
Fire crews at the scene said the incident involved bromine, a liquid that can be volatile at room temperature. Bromine vapors are toxic.