CSB Again Urges EPA To Review Hydrogen Fluoride Under Toxics Law

The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is renewing its calls for EPA to target hydrogen fluoride (HF) -- a highly toxic catalyst involved in several releases or near-misses in industrial accidents in recent years -- as part of the next block of five chemicals the agency puts through TSCA prioritization. Comments closed Oct. 31 on a list of 27 candidates that EPA could put through the Toxic Substances Control Act’s (TSCA) prioritization process -- including HF, which CSB...