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Texas Explosion Prompts Subtle Changes in Fertilizer Industry — DTN Apr 21, 2014
On the surface, it seems not much has changed for the fertilizer industry in the year since the deadly fertilizer retail business explosion in West, Texas. There are no new […]
Chemical Safety Board Plans Meeting in West, Texas — DTN Apr 17, 2014
A public meeting will be held in West, Texas, next week by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board to allow people to gain more insight and share comments on an ammonium […]
West, Texas, Recovers and Rebuilds with Cautious Approach — DTN Apr 17, 2014
West, Texas, Mayor Tommy Muska knows he has a fine line to walk. His community is still recovering from a devastating explosion of a fertilizer plant a year ago. For […]
Victims of Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Remembered — DTN Apr 17, 2014
At 7:51 p.m. April 17, people in West, Texas, will pause in silence. It was the very moment one year ago that a fire in a wooden storage shed holding […]
Proposals Offered to Improve Safety at Fertilizer Plants Jan 9, 2014
Two agriculture and chemical industry groups say safety can be improved at facilities storing ammonium nitrate within the current system without the federal government playing a bigger oversight role. The […]
