Legislation to ban a deadly chemical from refining operations will be introduced this week in Philadelphia City Council. Hydrofluoric acid, or HF, is one of the most dangerous industrial chemicals in ...
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Rep. Maxine Waters, alongside other California federal representatives, is restarting her effort to ban a toxic chemical used to refine high-octane gasoline at two Southern California refineries, an ...
The chemical is one of the most dangerous industrial substances in use. It was an integral part of the unit that exploded at PES back in June. Flames and smoke emerge from the Philadelphia Energy ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a teach-in on the risks of hydrofluoric acid, protesters walk to the Torrance Refinery on Saturday. (Allen J. Schaben / Los ...
TORRANCE, Calif. (KABC) -- Hundreds of protesters took part in a march to the Torrance Refinery on Saturday, calling for a ban on the facility's use of modified hydrofluoric acid, or MHF. Activists ...
When the Torrance refinery exploded in February 2015, showering residential neighborhoods with industrial ash, the event ignited a three-year public debate over hydrofluoric acid that continues to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Isabel Douvan Schwartz and other demonstrators rallied in Torrance on Saturday to mark the ninth anniversary of an explosion at ...
Hydrofluoric acid (HF) and Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) are very poisonous, highly irritating and corrosive. Hydrofluoric acid or Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) is fatal if inhaled, if swallowed, or in contact with ...
Dublin, Jan. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Hydrofluoric Acid (CAS 7664-39-3) Industry Research 2025: Global and Regional Market Trends 2019-2024 and Forecast to 2029" report has been added to ...
A series of hydrofluoric acid (HF) leaks at a Citgo refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, is being investigated by the Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). No one was injured, but the ...