“The Torrance refinery must make public safety their No. Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, whose district includes the Torrance refinery and the Valero refinery in Wilmington, both of which use modified hydrofluoric acid, said she asked the county Department of Public Health what the dangers of this chemical were. Hahn pointed to a report released by the Environmental Protection Agency this week that described operational and safety problems at the Torrance refinery. “It is for these reasons that I believe that phasing out the use of modified hydrofluoric acid is not a matter of if, but when and how,” she said. Catherine Leys of the group Families Lobbying Against Refinery Exposures and Torrance City Councilmen Tim Goodrich and Kurt Weideman also spoke at the news briefing.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 01, 2017 18:24 UTC