The folks on Capitol Hill have definitely received an education when it comes to propane this week at Propane Days. One of the very important things they learned about is propane safety.

The propane safety man is Stuart Flatow, VP, Safety and Training for the http://www.propanecouncil.org/trade/agriculture/index.cfm“>Propane Education & Research Council. Stuart points out in an interview I did with him that in the event that a spill occurs with propane (unlikely if handled properly) it won’t harm the environment or animals that may be around because it won’t contaminate the ground or water. He thinks this is very important for people, especially farmers, to know.

Stuart says he works closely with the PERC agricultural advisory committee and has helped develop a program customized for ag called “Dispensing Propane Safely.” For people needing to find propane safety information he suggests visiting here for consumer safety, here for other types of propane safety programs and here to order materials.

You can listen to my interview with Stuart here: propane-days-07-flatow.mp3