The Silfab Solar facility in Fort Mill paused operations Thursday following a hydrofluoric acid leak, and neighbors expressed concern after hearing about the leak and its effect on a nearby school.

Hydrofluoric acid (HA) and Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) are very poisonous, highly irritating and corrosive. Hydrofluoric acid or Hydrogen Fluoride is fatal if inhaled, if swallowed or in contact with skin.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Isabel Douvan Schwartz and other demonstrators rallied in Torrance on Saturday to mark the ninth anniversary of an explosion at ...

Isabel Douvan Schwartz and other demonstrators rallied in Torrance on Saturday to mark the ninth anniversary of an explosion at the refinery there and the dangers they say the facility still poses to ...