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Mistakes, equipment issues pose serious threats with rail-related hazmat

2014-12-21 16:14:19| Railroads - Topix.net

While images of crude oil infernos caused by freight train derailments haunt many living near rail lines, a more statistically likely and troubling reality looms. Hundreds of rail-related hazardous materials releases occur regularly in the suburbs, spilling chemicals into the environment that range from acids to ammonia.

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