The phrase "a volatile subject" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a topic that is likely to change rapidly or provoke strong emotions and reactions.
Example: "The debate over climate change is a volatile subject that often leads to heated discussions."
Alternatives: "a contentious issue" or "a sensitive topic".
In the United States, Mr. Obama rarely talks about Cuba policies, a volatile subject, particularly in vote-rich Florida with its influential anti-Castro Cuban-American population.
Mr. Darling, 48, has presided over sensitive government decisions on pensions, a volatile subject, with effectiveness and without attracting much attention.
What did these children do wrong?" Jewish suffering under the Nazis is a volatile subject in Palestinian society, where there is widespread ignorance of the details of the Holocaust and a feeling that Palestinians paid a price for it, viewing it as a main catalyst for the establishment of the Jewish state.
One of the reasons money is such a volatile subject for couples is that they have different money personalities, explains Deana Arnett, a certified financial and senior planning consultant at Financial Planning Services in Washington, D.C. "If one is a spender and the other is a saver, they aren't going to see money in the same way".
Video editing is a virtuosic medium in Omer Fast's hands, and history a malleable, volatile subject composed of flickering bits and pieces.
Most political leaders still view adolescent sex as a politically volatile subject to be avoided.
In this growing and gentrifying city, the disclosure has resonated with many over what is a perennially volatile subject: the scarcity of parking spaces and the price paid for violations.
Gionfriddo owes a debt to the feminist trailblazers who made possible a time when the still volatile subject of equal rights could be viewed through a Chekhovian lens.
Their volatile subject matter places a special burden on the performers, and Oksana Akinshina, who plays the impoverished Russian girl lured into prostitution in "Lilya," and Evan Rachel Wood, the middle-class American girl led astray by a reckless friend in "Thirteen," give their characters an emotional credibility that makes their exploits all the more poignant and terrifying.
Whether I had a good enough "reason" to treat such "volatile subject matter" is my secret, and is, in any case, up to readers to decide.
The industry is a volatile one, subject to seasonal and longer-term shifts in fish stocks, foreign competition, weather conditions, and credit availability; it has thus become highly dependent on government regulation and support.
