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PhillyVoice | February 13, 2020

Philadelphia City Council plans to propose a ban that would prevent any future refineries in the city from using the toxic chemical hydrofluoric acid. More than 5,000 pounds of hydrofluoric acid were released into the atmosphere following last summer's explosion at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in South Philadelphia. The chemical has a wide range of research and industrial uses, from refrigerants to Teflon, but is used by refineries in the alkylation process. Dangers of hydroflu...

Whatech | April 23, 2020

As per the recent interim updates by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), there is significant uncertainty in the projections of the U.S. chemical industry as it analyzes the potential impacts of Covid-19 which has caused indefinite halt in the country’s manufacturing activities and muted trading. ACC projects the world trade to plummet by 10.5% this year as the pandemic brings a “perfect storm” to the global economy with U.S. experiencing the hardest blow as it reports ...

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Datacor, NACD | June 02, 2021

Datacor, Inc., a leading provider of process manufacturing and distribution software, and the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) released their 2021 State of the Chemical Industry Report today, which measures their organization's and the industry's experiences, challenges, and takeaways from 2020, as well as their plans and expectations for both their organization and the industry in 2021. The report is based on a survey of 200 industry experts from various job function...

Safety+Health Magazine | February 05, 2020

The Environmental Protection Agency, in accordance with the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, is seeking comment on proposed significant new use rules for six chemical substances that are subject to agency premanufacture notices. According to a proposed rule published in the Jan. 16 Federal Register, each rule would “require persons who intend to manufacture or process any of these chemical substances for an activity that is designated as a significant new use t...