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Getbig Main Boards => Politics and Political Issues Board => Topic started by: 240 is Back on December 17, 2008, 07:35:03 AM
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The Bush administration has finalized a controversial regulation that will allow railroads to continue to ship dangerous chemicals through major cities.
That has infuriated some city officials, security experts, and environmentalists because it preempts all local efforts to control if, when, and how those railroad tank cars move through their communities.
Federal security officials have long considered railroad tankers full of such chemicals as chlorine or anhydrous ammonia to be potential weapons of mass destruction. If attacked by a terrorist or disturbed individual in the middle of a city they could cause thousands of deaths.