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Judge’s ruling hamstrings federal probe into Torrance refinery explosion, critics claim
A former official at the U.S. Chemical Safety Board contends a federal judge’s recent ruling could not only hamper the federal agency’s ability to conduct a full investigation into the February 2015 blast at the Torrance refinery, but severely undermine its capacity to conduct future probes. U.S. District Court Judge Consuelo B. Marshall issued the ruling […]
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Pasadena Water and Power is Holding A Rain Barrel Distribution Event Saturday
Pasadena Water and Power (PWP) is holding another Rain Barrel Distribution Event on Saturday, November 11. Customers who have pre-ordered can pick up their barrels between 2 and 4 p.m. at the Lake Avenue Church, 393 N. Lake Avenue in Pasadena. PWP said online orders are now being taken through www.rainbarrelsintl.com/events-order.asp?id=295, for pick-up on November […]
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Torrance group launches public outreach over refinery dangers
In a weeklong public safety awareness blitz, local activists are distributing 100,000 door hangers to South Bay homes surrounding the Torrance refinery, the same number they say could be affected by a catastrophic leak of a toxic chemical the plant uses to refine gasoline. The $10,000 campaign by grass-roots group the Torrance Refinery Action Alliance […]
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Torrance activists take on refinery; Warn residents about controversial chemical
About 100,000 Torrance residents received public safety warning fliers this week from a neighborhood grassroots volunteer group that fears a serious threat to the community lies within the walls of the Torrance Refinery. “If that thing blew up right now and the hydrofluoric acid leaked, we could not get away from it quick enough,” Steve […]
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Edwards Air Force Base: Dental clinic offering new service to at-risk children
Excerpt: Here’s a few tips on how to prevent dental decay. First, it is very important to take children in for routine dental visits. The benchmark for the first dental visit is any time after the first tooth erupts to the age of one. The goal of early intervention is to build a rapport with […]
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New refinery safety laws pass, but ban on deadly chemical stalls
Gov. Jerry Brown signed three new laws this week intended to make local refineries safer for their neighbors. But one big change remains elusive, and that’s a ban on refineries using a toxic chemical known as modified hydrofluoric acid. An explosion at the Torrance refinery in 2015 woke neighbors to the risk that, if released, […]
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1,741 districts violated drinking water rules in 2016. Did you drink their water?
Public drinking water systems in California violated state and federal regulations more than 4,700 times in 2016. This database contains every violation from that year. Most of the violations occurred at small systems serving fewer than 300 people, but you might consume their water even if the district doesn’t serve your home. Many of the […]
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Torrance: Department of Justice sues ExxonMobil for 2015 refinery explosion records
PUBLISHED: May 6, 2017 | UPDATED: September 6, 2017 The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit seeking answers to many of the same questions residents have long asked about serious safety issues at the Torrance refinery in the wake of a February 2015 explosion. The 34-page legal brief, filed in U.S. District Court last […]
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AQMD: Not enough data to prove safety of deadly toxic chemical used at Torrance refinery
Southern California’s air quality watchdog has become the latest regulatory agency to cast doubt on the safety of a potentially deadly chemical used at the Torrance refinery, concluding there is not enough evidence to dismiss concerns that a toxic cloud could form and kill or injure tens of thousands. South Coast Air Quality Management District […]
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Could Torrance Refinery keep toxic leak from homes? No proof yet, AQMD says
Torrance Refinery has not proven that it can contain the spread of a deadly chemical if it were released and formed a dense vapor cloud, according to findings the South Coast Air Quality Management District is scheduled to share in detail on Wednesday. The chemical – Modified Hydrofluoric Acid, or MHF – is the subject […]
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