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Superior refinery fire exposes toxic risk of hydrogen fluoride to metro area
Release of hydrogen fluoride in metro could imperil 1.7 million people. Ten miles south of downtown St. Paul, on the banks of the Mississippi River, sits an oil refinery that is by far the largest repository of hydrogen fluoride in Minnesota. In the nearly 80 years the plant has been operating, it has never experienced […]
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Essex County dentists want fluoride back in drinking water
Essex County dentists are echoing the call by the health unit to have fluoride returned to drinking water. The vice president of the Essex County Dental Society is calling on local politicians to put fluoride in the local water supply. Mark Parete says his members back up findings in a report from the Windsor Essex […]
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Ash attack from Vanuatu volcano forces residents from their homes
Ambae volcano (another name for Manaro Voui) and its crater lake, Lake Voui last month. The lake has been split into two due to the growth of the new volcanic cone. The visible landscape is covered with thick ash deposits. Photo: Natalia Deligne Ash fall and acid rain on Ambae has damaged trees and buried […]
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Nagaur gets water system, makes history
Ajmer: Chief minister Vasundhra Raje gathered appreciation and admiration by inaugurating quality water supply project in four blocks of Nagaur on Thursday, through Indira Gandhi lift canal project. This is the first time after independence that quality water has reached the camel hump landscape of Nagaur district. Raje inaugurated the water supply project in Makrana […]
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Fluoride contamination in water is forcing adivasis to flee this Telangana village
Those who cannot afford to migrate are grappling with ill-effects such as yellowing teeth, brittle bones, deformity and weakness. In the parched Adivasi village of Devanagar, located 50 km from Adilabad and 2 km from Utnoor town, six people, including a 10-year-old, died in the last one year in quick succession. Most of the people […]
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Mayors oppose hydrogen fluoride use at Superior refinery
Superior Mayor Jim Paine and Duluth Mayor Emily Larson are calling on the Husky Energy refinery in Superior to stop using hydrogen fluoride at the site after Thursday’s fire burned within 200 feet of the tank containing the dangerous chemical. The move comes a day after Paine told the News Tribune that he needed more […]
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Mayor Larson Issues Statement in Response to Husky Energy Explosion in Superior, Wisconsin
DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth Mayor Emily Larson released a statement this afternoon in response to last week’s explosion at the Husky Energy refinery plant: “We call ourselves the Twin Ports for a reason. When something significant happens on one side of the bridge, we feel it on the other. I consider last week’s explosion at […]
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Officials will examine future use of hydrogen fluoride at Superior refinery
City of Superior and Husky Energy officials said they are examining whether to continue using hydrogen fluoride at Superior’s Husky Refinery after Thursday’s asphalt fire burned within 200 feet of the tank containing the dangerous gas. But the officials stopped short of making a commitment during a press conference Monday at the refinery. “The only […]
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AQMD panel wants safety measures, but no ban, to cope with hazardous refinery chemical
Air quality regulators have backed away from a proposal to ban use of a toxic chemical at two Southern California refineries, citing the potential loss of jobs and economic harm. Instead, they are researching potential new safety measures to keep an accidental release of hydrofluoric acid from endangering people who live in densely populated neighborhoods […]
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Questions mount over Superior refinery’s use of hydrogen fluoride
Environmental monitoring is continuing Sunday after an explosion and series of fires at Husky Energy’s oil refinery caused a temporary evacuation Thursday. Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the company continue to monitor air and water quality around the refinery. So far, there appear to be no health […]
United States, Wisconsin Oil Refineries