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U.S. Sending Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force to Japan

155 Marines are scheduled to arrive Friday.

Posted Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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Workers Recovered in Tennessee Sewage Treatment Spill

Bodies of two workers found in rubble.

Posted Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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Kentucky Chemical Plant Blast Kills Two Workers

Explosions rocked a chemical plant and threw debris hundreds of yards.

Posted Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Panic Over Radiation Risk High In Japan

Workers closest to the troubled reactors face the biggest threat.

Posted Thursday, March 17, 2011

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Massachusetts Chemical Plant Explosion Injures Workers

Blast could be heard and felt miles away.

Posted Monday, March 14, 2011

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Michigan School Evacuated After Chemistry Explosion

A potassium nitrate and sugar mixture exploded.

Posted Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Cyanide Suicide Prompts Response Review By First Responders

Two civilians, three police officers and four firefighters were taken to the hospital.

Posted Thursday, March 3, 2011

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HazMat Crews Respond To Washington Tank Car Derailment

Tankers contained 15,000 gallons of lye.

Posted Monday, February 28, 2011

Chemical Train Derails Near Ohio Town

Tank cars were carrying ethanol.

Posted Monday, February 7, 2011


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