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California Refiners Face Tighter Toxic Acid Rules or Outright Ban (1)
Valero Energy Corp. and PBF Energy Inc. refineries in the Los Angeles area could face stricter safety requirements when using hydrofluoric acid or be forced to eliminate its use altogether under a new rule local regulators are weighing. The South Coast Air Quality Management District is still weeks away from releasing a draft rule, but […]
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Hydrofluoric acid: Air regulators propose stricter controls but not ban on toxic refinery chemical
Air quality regulators rolled out a new proposal this week to keep a toxic chemical used at refineries in Torrance and Wilmington from escaping and harming the public. They will explain the steps and take public testimony at a hearing in Torrance on Saturday. South Coast Air Quality Management District staffers will present their plan […]
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Delving into the atomic realm
Models and schematic diagrams are powerful tools for studying the fundamental workings of chemistry, but they’re not enough for Wilson Ho. “Atoms, molecules and the bonds that hold them together – I want to see these things as they actually appear in nature,” says Ho, UCI’s Donald Bren Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Chemistry. […]
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Surviving Wonder Valley well water with filtration units
High fluoride levels are not the only reason to avoid drinking Wonder Valley well water. It contains 1,100 parts per million (ppm) of total dissolved solids, which is mostly calcium carbonate. That’s the white stuff that collects in your plumbing fixtures and evaporative cooler. The same thing happens in the body. … When the wife […]
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Court order sought to require refineries to advise public about accidental chemical releases
A coalition of environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday in an effort to win a court order forcing the federal agency that oversees safety in the oil and chemical industries to require the public disclosure of accidental releases of hazardous materials. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, which is probing the February 2015 […]
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East San Jose residents to get fluoridated well water within 2 years
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — Hundreds of thousands of residents in San Jose should finally have access to fluoridated drinking water within the next two years after the Santa Clara County board of supervisors took action Tuesday to fund a major project in East San Jose. “When it comes to children, being preventative is just […]
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Opinion: Who is telling the truth about the Torrance refinery?
It has been asserted, without any specifics, that warnings on the Torrance Refinery Action Alliance door hangers in its recent 100,000 door-hanger campaign are incorrect and misleading and contain false claims about risks caused by the Torrance refinery. The TRAA Science Advisory Panel of eight local scientists and engineers with extensive experience with highly toxic […]
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Environmental groups sue Trump administration over California desert groundwater project
Excerpts: Environmental groups are suing the Trump administration over its decision supporting a company’s plan to pump up to 16.3 billion gallons of groundwater each year from a Mojave Desert aquifer and build a pipeline to sell that water to Southern California cities. Conservationists say the plan proposed by Los Angeles-based Cadiz Inc. would threaten natural springs and wildlife in Mojave Trails National Monument, which […]
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Acid fumes hospitalize UC Riverside student
A UC Riverside graduate student was hospitalized after he was exposed to hydrofluoric acid fumes in a science building, the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health said. The incident happened about 11 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, according to a discharge report that the county is required to release under the California Health and Safety Code. […]
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California lists PFOA and PFOS as reproductive toxicants under Prop 65
FROM FAN: The Documents from the California Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Safe Drinking Water and Enforcement Act (Proposition 65) • November 2017: Response to Comments on the Notice of Intent to List Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) as Causing Reproductive Toxicity under Proposition 65 • September 16, 2016: […]
United States, California Perfluorinated chemicals