EPA nominee to get tough questions about why she approved new car
air-conditioning refrigerant that caused ENGINE FIRES in Mercedes-Benz
tests.
"A Daimler engineer told Reuters in December that his team was 'frozen in
shock' when they saw test after test of HOF-1234yf turn a car's engine
compartment into an inferno after small leaks were simulated.
'I am not going to deny it,' Stefan Geyer said. 'We needed a day to
comprehend what we had just seen.'
Mercedes has released a video showing the conflagration, and comparing it to
a nonflammable leak of the industry's standard refrigerant, known as R134A
The fireball that engulfed their precision engines was caused by a mixture
of the refrigerant and air-conditioning compressor oil spraying across the
engine block, producing a quick-heated mixture of toxic gas, including
hydrogen fluoride - a corrosive compound that can destroy skin after the
briefest of exposures and quickly cause blindness."
Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the EPA, will have
tough questions to answer about the approval of a potentially deadly
air-conditioning refrigerant
Gina McCarthy, who faces a hearing Thursday morning on her fitness to serve
as EPA administrator, was primarily responsible for EPA's promotion of an
automotive air conditioning refrigerant that caused engine fires in Mercedes
Benz testing, MailOnline can report.
McCarthy, EPA's current air regulation chief, 'provided the real forward
motion' for a plan to reward US automakers who used the new
climate-change-friendly refrigerant known as 'HFO-1234yf,' according to an
EPA staffer with knowledge of the agency's internal processes who spoke on
condition of anonymity.
When her EPA subagency, the Office of Air and Radiation, approved
HOF-1234yf, McCarthy said that the chemical 'helps fight climate change and
ozone depletion.'
That's because its emission into the atmosphere creates a far smaller
greenhouse-gas footprint than other refrigerants used in vehicles......snip
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2307265/EPA-nominee-tough-questions-approved-new-car-air-conditioner-refrigerant-caused-ENGINE-FIRES-Mercedes-Benz-tests.html#ixzz2Q8wz2pwI
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