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Nine Wayne Responders Decontaminated After Exposure To Hazardous Chemical Nine Wayne Responders Decontaminated After Exposure To Hazardous Chemical
Nine Wayne Responders Decontaminated After Exposure To Hazardous Chemical WAYNE, N.J. -- Six Wayne firefighters, two EMTs, a police officer and a factory employee were hospitalized before dawn Sunday after they were exposed to a chemical used to make Teflon. Police Officer Corey Deak was among the responders to the 5:40 a.m. smoke-condition call at Saint Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation on Dey Road, Detective Capt. Lawrence Martin said. Deak, an employee and the other responders were exposed to the chemical Polutetrafluroethylene (PTFE) and were taken to Chilton Memorial Hospital for decontamintation, Martin said. All were released "and advised to be…

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