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DuPont agrees to $1.1 mln settlement over HF leak
WILMINGTON, Del, Feb 28 (Reuters) – DuPont Co. (nyse: DD – news – people), the No. 2 U.S. chemical company, on Friday said it agreed to a $1.1 million settlement with the U.S. government over a hydrogen fluoride leak from its Kentucky plant in 1997. About 11,500 pounds of hydrogen fluoride, a gas with a […]
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Bridges stay open, but on highest alert
The El Paso-Juárez international bridges are expected to remain open today after the initial U.S. military strikes Sunday against targets in Afghanistan. “We are still on the same alert status that we went on shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks,” U.S. Customs Service spokesman Roger Maier said. “This means we are conducting continuous enhanced enforcement […]
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Quimica Fluor Speaks About Safety Issues and April Matamoros Acid Spill
Javier Martínez, head of Human Resources at Quimica Fluor, said that the April 16 escape of hydrofluoric acid never put human health at risk but did affect agricultural land. Quimica Fluor, owned by the Carso Group and E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. Inc, is a Matamoros producer of anhydrous hydrofluoric acid. Martínez said that […]
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Hydrofluoric Acid Accident in Florida Claims the life of Young Girl
KATHLEEN – A 7-year-old girl died after she knocked over a container of highly corrosive acid while playing hide-and-seek with her grandmother. A small amount of the acid spilled on her lower body, causing severe burns. Savannah Redfern died late Friday, just a few hours after the accident, which occurred at her Polk County home. […]
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Norfluor S.V. Under Investigation
Norfluor S.V. Stepped Out Of Its Comfort Zone Located near what was once considered the outskirts of Cd. Juárez, one of the world’s largest chemical plants has had its home for 20 years and has no intention of relocating, although residents and environmentalists wish otherwise. Norfluor, S.V. one of seven major manufactures of hydrofluoric acid, […]
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Poison cloud fears grow as Allies bomb chemical sites
NATO’S sustained destruction of Serbian oil dumps and chemical depots has increased fears of an environmental disaster in the Balkans. In northern Greece, people are stockpiling bottled water and canned food after warnings that the bombardment had released poisonous dioxins into the atmosphere. ‘Many wondered whether the entire province should be evacuated en masse,’ a […]
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