A team of scientists from China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, has recently demonstrated that “hydrogen fluoride is the prior releasing form of fluorine in long-term air-exposed coal under combustion and mild heating.” Professor Handong Liang and his team proved that it may change current understanding of the cause and prevailing mechanism of coal burning endemic fluorosis.
"The unique chemical and physical property of hydrogen fluoride may bring new insight into the pathogenic mechanism of coal burning endemic fluorosis, or even change the current understanding fundamentally," explains Prof. Liang.
