News Briefs: Worker, Police Officer Hospitalized After WWTP Chemical Spill

A police officer and a wastewater treatment plant operator were decontaminated and hospitalized after a peroxyacetic acid spill at the plant in Parsippany, New Jersey. According to officials, a valve broke on a 330-gallon storage container, and the acid leaked out. Police, firefighters, emergency medical personnel and a hazmat team responded to the incident. The operator was treated for chemical burns and the police officer had symptoms from exposure to the chemical. Sewer Backup Causes Waste Tornado for Residents Four homes in Melrose, Massachusetts, recently experienced a sewage backup of epic proportions after a sewer main line became blocked. The residents