Monday, November 24, 2008

Report: Charlotte chemical co. could reduce risk to residents

Posted By on Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 3:12 PM

A report from the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, says one Charlotte chemical company could take steps to protect residents from chemical accidents and terrorism.

The report says Jones Chemicals, Inc., could lessen danger to the public by generating chlorine on-site without rail shipment and bulk storage.

The company is one of what the Center says are the 101 most dangerous U.S. chemical facilities, which could adopt safer business methods.

More than 80 million Americans, it says, "live within range of a worst-case toxic gas cloud from at least one of the nation's 101 most dangerous chemical facilities, which security experts say are potential terrorist targets. Millions more are at risk along delivery routes—more than 90 percent of these facilities transport high-hazard chemicals by rail or truck."

In 2005, CL wrote about such risks here, here and here.

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