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Halogen Fluorides: Chlorine Pentafluoride, Bromine Pentafluoride, Bromine Trifluoride
National Advisory Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances [NAC] This interim report presents the committee’s conclusions and recommendations for improving NAC’s AEGL [acute exposure guideline level] documents for 25 chemicals: allyl alcohol, bis-chloromethyl ether, chloromethyl methyl ether, bromine pentafluoride, bromine trifluoride, chlorine pentafluoride, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, chlorosilanes (26 selected compounds), epichlorohydrin, formaldehyde, […]
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Iowa: Pretium Packaging faces trouble
MUSCATINE, Iowa – District Court Judge Mary E. Howes has issued a temporary injunction against Pretium Packaging LLC which requires the Muscatine plant to temporarily stop performing its fluorine process. Judge Howes, of the 7th Judicial District of Iowa, set a hearing for permanent injunction for 1:30 p.m. Monday. “This Court finds sufficient evidence that […]
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Honeywell is the world’s largest producer of hydrogen fluoride
Excerpts: PAULSBORO [New Jersey]… In reports following the 9/11 attacks, authorities acknowledged deficiencies in communication, coordination and procedures in responding to the World Trade Center site that ultimately added to the death toll. From that tragic day, the need for first responders to be on the same page both in technology and response methodology was […]
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DuPont & Honeywell to jointly manufacture new refrigerant: HFO-1234yf (CF3CF=CH2)
Low-Global-Warming-Potential Alternative Meets New European Environmental Regulations MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., and WILMINGTON, Del., May 20, 2010 – Honeywell (NYSE: HON) and DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced a manufacturing joint venture to produce a new refrigerant for use in automotive air conditioning systems. The new refrigerant has 99.7 percent lower global warming potential (GWP) than the […]
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EPA proposal to list new carcinogens: Vinyl fluoride and Tetrafluoroethylene
Title: Addition of National Toxicology Program Carcinogens; Community Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting ACTION: Proposed rule. Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–TRI–2010–0006 SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to add sixteen chemicals to the list of toxic chemicals subject to reporting under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986 and section 6607 of […]
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Mississippi court case: Langford v. Southland Trucking, LLC
Chemicals of concern were in Crete Brite, an acid cleaner composed of ammonium biFLUORIDE, butoxyethanol, hydrochloric acid, and hydrofluoric acid. Raymond D. Langford Appellant v. Southland Trucking, LLC and Associated General Contractors of Mississippi, Inc. Apelees No. 2009-WC-00640-COA. Court of Appeals of Mississippi March 16, 2010 Attorney for Appellant: William T. Reed. Attorney for Appellees: […]
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2010 Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry
Russell Hughes, a Dartmouth chemistry professor, will receive the American Chemical Society’s 2010 Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry at the ACS national meeting on March 23. The award recognizes those who have “made an outstanding contribution or contributions to the field of fluorine chemistry,” according to the organization’s web site. Hughes’s research on […]
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Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Act, 1993
See original document Staatskoerant, 3 Februarie 2010 No 32893 GOVERNMENT NOTICE Goewermentskennisgewing DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Department Van Handel en Nywerheid No. 18 NON-PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ACT, 1993 (ACT NO. 87 of 1993) DECLARATION OF CERTAIN CHEMICAL GOODS AS CONTROLLED GOODS AND CONTROL MEASURES APPLICABLE TO SUCH GOODS Declaration 1. I, […]
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Kansas City, Missouri: EPA Joins Probe in Bannister Investigation
A little background to this newspaper report from an US EPA Fact Sheet of January 2010: Bannister Federal Complex, 1500 E. Bannister Road, Kansas City, Missouri INTRODUCTION The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7, at the request of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), will work with the General Services Administration (GSA) to […]
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Truck splits, spills hydrofluoric acid on I-80 east of Mercer line
CLINTONVILLE, PA. — A truck hauling a tank of hydrofluoric acid westbound on Interstate 80 lost its load when the tank split open, causing traffic to back up for miles just east of the Mercer County line. Pennsylvania State Police said the acid, a corrosive used primarily in glass finishing and etching, spilled onto the […]
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