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Ronald Koopman
Coverage of Ronald Koopman in the Nexus archive.
- Chemical accidents rise as Trump administration proposes weakening safety rules
The Trump administration is proposing to weaken safety rules for industrial chemicals, coinciding with a rise in chemical accidents. Physicist Ronald Koopman's 1980s research on hydrofluoric acid highlighted risks that are now resurfacing as regulations face rollback.
- Chemical Accidents Rise, Analysis Shows, as Trump Administration Proposes Weakening Safety Rules
Hazardous chemical releases from industrial accidents that injured or killed people increased by more than 50 percent in recent years. The Trump administration proposed weakening safety rules amid the rise in incidents.