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I don& #39;t know if anyone else is as interested in this as me... but here& #39;s what I& #39;m reading today, about the chemical being blamed for the Lebanon explosion.
We have a lot of ammonium nitrate, sort of everywhere.
Including in Texas. Including in Amarillo. 1/6
We have a lot of ammonium nitrate, sort of everywhere.
Including in Texas. Including in Amarillo. 1/6
Good reporting from @KXAN_News, today: https://www.kxan.com/news/in-depth-beirut-blast-10-times-more-powerful-than-2013-west-explosion-but-same-chemical-was-responsible/">https://www.kxan.com/news/in-d... 2/6
...And some previous reporting about Texas& #39;s largest liquid ammonium nitrate stockpile...stored in Amarillo. 
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Anyway, some regulation was enacted in 2015. https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/proposed-bill-aims-prevent-another-fertilizer-blas/">https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/0... 4/6
...But Texas and other states don& #39;t have to make that information as widely available as it used to be. https://publicintegrity.org/environment/growing-food-sowing-trouble/fertilizers-explosive-potential-west-texas/">https://publicintegrity.org/environme... 5/6
Lots of clickable links in all of this reporting for more information.
(Hello I am back from vacation.)
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(Hello I am back from vacation.)
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