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One Year Later: What have we Learned from the Baltimore Train Tunnel Disaster?

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Is the Bush Administration Taking Preventable Risks with Public Safety?

Although the Bush administration touts security among its top priorities after September 11, it refuses to impose new requirements on the chemical industry to reduce and eliminate these threats. Find out more about our work on chemical security.

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President Bush Guilty of Hypocrisy on Chemical Security

Tight security measures go into place during special events in Washington. These measures often include a temporary prohibition on the transport of hazardous chemicals through Capitol Hill. Why are these chemical shipments diverted only during 'VIP' events, while D.C. residents remain at risk on a daily basis?

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Does a Chemical Plant in your State Threaten a Million or More People?

Based on industry reports to the EPA, there are more than 30 cities in 25 states that contain the 112 chemical facilities that threaten one million or more workers and local residents in the event of a toxic release due to a terrorist attack or accidental release. A U.S. Army's Surgeon General report estimated that more than two million people could be killed or injured in a terrorist attack on a U.S. chemical plant.

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No Chemical Security in New Homeland Security Department

After more than a year of efforts in Congress, the Homeland Security Department was created without addressing the vulnerability of U.S. chemical plants to terrorism. Under pressure from the chemical industry lobby, a moderate chemical security bill was killed at the eleventh hour last year, leaving no federal program to prevent threats to U.S. chemical plants.

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Is the U.S. Chemical Industry Our Weakest Link Against Terrorist Attacks?

The magnitude of a terrorist attack on U.S. chemical facilities could easily exceed the loss of life suffered on September 11. It is now time to address the vulnerability of this industry.

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Train Derailment Leads to Deadly Chlorine Contamination

The recent train derailment that lead to the release of chlorine causing 9 fatalities, hundreds of injuries and the evacuation of thousands in South Carolina, wasn't the first time that hazardous materials being transported by railcar resulted in a catastrophe causing the loss of life.

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