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Absent New Fertilizer Safety Policy, Boxer Seeks Stricter State Rules After Deadly West, TX, Explosion


July 10, 2013 at 08:31 PM
Senate environment committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is urging states to review and tighten policies to ensure the safe storage of ammonium nitrate, saying the Environmental Protection Agency is not moving fast enough to strengthen safety measures after the explosion of ammonium nitrate stored at a fertilizer facility in West, TX, that killed 15 people in April.

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