Hydrofluoric acid (HF) is a clear, colorless liquid consisting of hydrogen fluoride gas dissolved in water. It is an extremely dangerous material and all forms, including vapors and solutions, can ...

Note: First Aid must be started within seconds of HF contact in any form! Hydrogen fluoride and hydrofluoric acid cause severe, deeply penetrating burns to the skin, eyes and lungs. Although ...

State safety regulators are investigating a leak of potentially deadly modified hydrofluoric acid this week at the Torrance ExxonMobil refinery, the latest dangerous accident at the aging plant to ...

Hydrofluoric acid (HA) and Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) are very poisonous, highly irritating and corrosive. Hydrofluoric acid or Hydrogen Fluoride is fatal if inhaled, if swallowed or in contact with skin.

Executives with PBF Energy, the would-be buyer of ExxonMobil’s Torrance refinery, stood silently in the back of the room as dozens of residents pleaded with city officials last week to reassess the ...

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to review its existing hydrofluoric acid (HF) study. The board is calling for a re-examining of existing regulations ...

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 ...

Salt lake City — (KUTV) The new head of the Chemical Safety Board, Vanessa Sutherland, recently told CBS News that the huge February explosion at the Exxon Mobil refinery in Torrance, California could ...

Legislation to ban a deadly chemical from refining operations will be introduced this week in Philadelphia City Council. Hydrofluoric acid, or HF, is one of the most dangerous industrial chemicals in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Isabel Douvan Schwartz and other demonstrators rallied in Torrance on Saturday to mark the ninth anniversary of an explosion at ...

A series of hydrofluoric acid (HF) leaks at a Citgo refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, is being investigated by the Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). No one was injured, but the ...