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Chemical sites still vulnerable
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | 11/16/03 | Carl Prine

Posted on 11/15/2003 11:09:17 PM PST by Jean S

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:03:14 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Two years after 9/11, terrorists still have unfettered access to potentially catastrophic amounts of toxins and explosives nationwide, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and "60 Minutes" have found.

The news organizations' odyssey through facilities making, storing or shipping deadly chemicals follows Trib investigations last year that uncovered shoddy security at more than 60 plants in the Pittsburgh area and in Baltimore, Chicago and Houston.


(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; US: Illinois; US: Maryland; US: Pennsylvania; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chemicals

1 posted on 11/15/2003 11:09:17 PM PST by Jean S
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