Vulnerable to Attack: Federal action needed on chemical plants
DallasNews.com | News for Dallas, Texas | Opinion: Editorials: "Some chilling scenarios: A terrorist attack on a chemical plant releases deadly clouds of chlorine, sulfur dioxide or ammonia over heavily populated Los Angeles, New York or Houston. Stolen butane and hydrogen are used to detonate a chemical fireball in Dallas or Chicago.
It could happen. Chemical plants are a frighteningly vulnerable link in the nation's homeland security defenses. At least 123 chemical facilities are so close to major population centers that a terrorist attack on any of them would threaten more than one million people.
Yet security at many plants is inadequate. For example, enterprising reporters have walked undetected to tanks containing deadly chemicals."
It could happen. Chemical plants are a frighteningly vulnerable link in the nation's homeland security defenses. At least 123 chemical facilities are so close to major population centers that a terrorist attack on any of them would threaten more than one million people.
Yet security at many plants is inadequate. For example, enterprising reporters have walked undetected to tanks containing deadly chemicals."
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