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Hydrofluoric acid burns from a household rust remover

Hugh C O Martin and Michael J Muller
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (6): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04415.x
Published online: 18 March 2002

To the Editor: The report by Mangion et al1 draws attention to a serious risk in the environment. The general public has been increasingly protected against the risk of harm from domestic products by a combination of legal liability actions and government regulation. Thus, the continuing availability to the general public of hydrofluoric acid (HF) in concentrations that are hazardous is something of an anachronism.

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