A Year After Texas Fertilizer Explosion, Safety Regulations Are No Stronger

rss@dailykos.com (Laura Clawson), Daily Kos
Tue, 04/22/2014 - 1:41pm

A year after a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, killed 14 and destroyed a good chunk of the town, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board has released preliminary findings from an investigation that should serve as a major wake-up call for how the United States—and Texas in particular—regulates dangerous chemicals: Tiny white pellets of ammonium nitrate were stored in a wooden warehouse in wooden bins, inside a building without a sprinkler system.

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