Chemical accidents rise as Trump administration proposes weakening safety rules
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特朗普政府拟削弱工业化学品安全法规，而一项新分析显示化学品事故率正上升。物理学家Ronald Koopman在2018年加州空气区会议上，讨论了氢氟酸扩散与水缓解测试。氢氟酸用于制造制冷剂、汽油等产品，是最具腐蚀性和危险性的化学品之一。Koopman在1980年代的实验警告了使用该材料的设施可能发生致命事故。随着规则可能被撤销，他的研究紧迫性凸显。
Physicist Ronald Koopman appeared at a Southern California Air District meeting in 2018 to talk about what seemed like an arcane scientific topic: hydrofluoric acid dispersion and water mitigation testing.
Hydrofluoric acid, also known as hydrogen fluoride or HF, is used to manufacture a range of materials, including refrigerants, gasoline, fluorine-based pesticides and fluoropolymers like those used to make Teflon. It’s also one of the most corrosive and dangerous chemicals known. Koopman conducted experiments with the chemical in the 1980s that warned about the potential of deadly accidents at facilities that use the hazardous materials.
With the Trump administration poised to roll back rules intended to protect workers and communities from catastrophic industrial chemical releases, and a new analysis showing rising rates of chemical accidents, Koopman’s presentation on highly hazardous materials has taken on a new urgency.
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