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Duluth City Council adopts resolution to take a closer look at hydrogen fluoride at Husky Refinery
DULUTH, MN- The Husky refinery explosion happened a little over a year ago in Superior. Tonight it was center stage at Duluth city hall. The council adopted a resolution asking the EPA to take a closer look at the use of hydrogen fluoride, a chemical stored at the superior refinery, that could have made the explosion […]
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Duluth Mayor Wants Husky to Prove HF is Safest Choice
DULUTH, Minn. – Mayor Emily Larson wants Husky to prove that HF is the safest choice for use at its Superior refinery. “I believe our communities have not been made aware of the extent to which HF is dangerous, nor have we been given proof that safer alternatives are not viable,” Larson wrote in a […]
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Chemical Safety Board Reiterates Need For Review Of Toxic Chemical Hydrofluoric Acid
CSB Says 3rd Refinery Explosion In 4 Years Highlights Need For EPA To Update HF Study The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is still mum for now on whether it will review its 1993 study of hydrofluoric acid (HF). The Chemical Safety Board and congressional lawmakers are urging the agency to take action to prevent a […]
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This Chemical Kills. Why Aren’t Regulators Banning It?
A fiery refinery blast in Philadelphia could be just the beginning. Explosions last month at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery complex could have imperiled hundreds of thousands of people living within a few miles of the plant.CreditCreditMatt Rourke/Associated Press Last month’s spectacular explosions at a large Philadelphia oil refinery complex injured five workers, […]
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Philadelphia Refinery That Exploded to Close
The largest oil refinery on the East Coast will close following last Friday’s early morning explosion and fire that destroyed the plant’s 30,000-barrel-per-day alkylation unit that processes refined products like gasoline and diesel fuel using highly toxic hydrofluoric acid. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement that he had spoken to the Philadelphia Energy […]
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Investigations of Philadelphia refinery fire to include potential release of dangerous chemical
A hydrogen fluoride release could have had deadly consequences A fire burns at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery hours after a series of early morning explosions on Friday, June 21, 2019 at the 150-year-old industrial complex at 3100 W. Passyunk Ave. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Investigators from the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board who are investigating […]
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Here’s why AQMD committee chose enhanced safety measures over a ban on MHF at refineries in Wilmington and Torrance
Supervisor Janice Hahn and Rolling Hills Estates City Councilwoman Judy Mitchell cast the dissenting votes against allowing use of HMF to continue. Refinery officials applauded the decision. Anti-MHF activists vowed to fight on. Improved safety systems at two South Bay refineries are preferable to a phase-out and eventual ban of modified hydrofluoric acid, a subcommittee […]
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Air Quality Regulators Don’t Look Eager To Ban A Deadly Refinery Acid
Ever since the 2015 explosion that rocked the Torrance Refinery, environmentalists and community groups have agitated for a ban on the use of deadly hydrofluoric acid at the two remaining California refineries that still use it. They were disappointed when the Refinery Committee of the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s governing board voted 3-2 […]
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Philadelphia ‘dodged a catastrophe’ in refinery explosion, safety advocates say
A series of explosions and a spectacular fire ripped through a South Philadelphia oil refinery early Friday, rattling windows, injuring workers, unnerving the city, and causing gasoline markets to spike on speculation of fuel shortages. The incident at Philadelphia Energy Solutions , the East Coast’s largest refinery, injured five workers, who were treated at the […]
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Officials say air tests from refinery fire showed no immediate danger. EPA data show company has past high-priority violations.
City officials said Friday afternoon that air testing taken during the day at the site of the refinery fire in South Philadelphia showed no immediate cause for alarm for workers at the site or residents nearby. “Preliminary testing both at the site of the refinery and in the adjacent community has shown no ambient carbon […]
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