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Description: The Danger Among the world's most dangerous industrial chemicals, hydrogen fluoride (HF) is used in massive quantities in only two of California's 15 refineries: the Torrance Refining Company (ToRC) and Valero in Wilmington — both located in the densely populated South Bay region of Southern California. In a major accidental release, as shown in an…
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Among the world’s most dangerous industrial chemicals, hydrogen fluoride (HF) is used in massive quantities in only two of California’s 15 refineries: the Torrance Refining Company (ToRC) and Valero in Wilmington — both located in the densely populated South Bay region of Southern California. In a major accidental release, as shown in an alarming video of the 1987 “Goldfish” test in the Nevada desert, HF can form a ground-hugging aerosol cloud that can drift for miles, causing irreversible injury and death.
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