US Refineries Persist in Using Toxic Acid, Despite Safer Alternatives

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[Donate Now]( [US Refineries Persist in Using Toxic Acid, Despite Safer Alternatives]( Daniel Ross, Truthout: The highly toxic hydrofluoric acid continues to be used as a catalyst at 50 refineries around the US despite the existence of alternatives. If released into the environment, the acid can travel for miles in a lethal ground-hugging cloud, potentially affecting up to 18 million people living around these refineries. Thirty-two refineries have been cited for over 1,000 separate violations of safety rules. [Read the Article]( [We Will Not Be Silenced by ICE: Writing After Deportation]( Tina Shull, Truthout: After they took my husband away, I walked around New York City for two hours, clutching his jacket in my hands. Determined to uncover the origins of the vast, largely hidden immigration detention system, I became a historian and discovered the silencing effects of a system built on divisiveness, fear and retaliation. 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