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DHS Drops Ammonium Nitrate Rule To Weigh Limits On Other Explosives


July 20, 2016 at 05:38 PM
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is dropping plans for a long-stalled rule regulating the sale of ammonium nitrate, an ingredient used in explosives and as fertilizer, and is instead asking the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review substances that may be used in improvised explosives to support broader future oversight.

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