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Why Isn't Hydrofluoric Acid Banned at Oil Refineries? - Legal Planet

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On the morning of Feb. 18, 2015, pent-up gases at ExxonMobil’s refinery in Torrance triggered an explosion so powerful it registered as a magnitude 1.7 earthquake and sent industrial ash over entire neighborhoods. It’s been called the near-miss disaster that most people have never heard of. But that near miss is raising new calls to ban a toxic chemical that is still used in Torrance to this day. This past Saturday, Congresswoman Maxine Waters a…

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Why Isn't Hydrofluoric Acid Banned at Oil Refineries? - Legal Planet

On the morning of Feb. 18, 2015, pent-up gases at ExxonMobil’s refinery in Torrance triggered an explosion so powerful it registered as a magnitude 1.7 earthquake and sent industrial ash over entire neighborhoods. It’s been called the near-miss disaster that most people have never heard of. But that near miss is raising new calls to ban a toxic chemical that is still used in Torrance to this day. This past Saturday, Congresswoman Maxine Waters a…

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