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Ed Markey: Isn't it true that the explosion at the fertilizer facility in West, Texas, that killed more than a dozen people and…

On the recordMarch 5, 2014
Isn't it true that the explosion at the fertilizer facility in West, Texas, that killed more than a dozen people and destroyed a large portion of the town could have been prevented or minimized if it had stored its ammonium nitrate more safely and kept less of it onsite?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey questions the safety measures at the West, Texas fertilizer facility.

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