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Residents seek to stop Exfluor fluorocarbon plant

by Michael McCoy
April 23, 2022 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 100, Issue 14

 

Residents in Williamson County, Texas, are trying to stop Exfluor Research’s project to build a facility near the San Gabriel River. Exfluor, which currently operates in Round Rock, Texas, produces fluorocarbons through what it calls a unique direct reaction of fluorine gas with hydrocarbons. A petition says the facility should not be built near a residential area. Exfluor told a local TV station that the facility would have zero water discharge.

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