The interview with former Secretary Jackson revealed ineffective government. Basically, a government that didn't care about the people so much as deregulating the petroleum industry and chemical plants. The fact Cheney's relative secured the deceptive practice explains a Halliburton connection. PROFITS. STOCKHOLDERS.
The BP Texas Oil Refinery explosion was March 23, 2005. It killed fifteen and injured 170 people. If DHS didn't learn then they were doing a lousy job of protecting the pubic, it was never going to learn.
November 16, 2012 10:13 PM GARLAND (CBSDFW.COM) – An explosion (click here) and subsequent massive fire at a chemical plant in Garland sent workers scrambling and businesses nearby into a panic.
The plant is owned by Nexeo Solutions, LLC a Houston-area company that distributes chemicals, plastics, and composites and also offers environmental services.
According to the company, the chemical methanol was being unloaded from a rail-car when the explosion occurred. Methanol is a highly flammable, toxic, wood alcohol.
The fire burned roughly 10,000 gallons of methanol....
Has anything changed? No. And so long as Republicans have leverage in the USA this corruption will continue. Much of what occurs in preventing disaster such as this is a State function.
Has anything changed? No. And so long as Republicans have leverage in the USA this corruption will continue. Much of what occurs in preventing disaster such as this is a State function.
Jun 22, 2005
CSB Reports Chemical Dust Explosions are a "Serious Problem" (click here) - Nearly 200 Accidents took 100 Lives; Data, Testimony Noted at Public Hearing Today
...At the hearing, CSB lead dust study investigator Angela Blair and investigator Giby Joseph presented preliminary data indicating there have been 197 dust explosion incidents in the United States since 1980, causing 109 fatalities and 592 injuries. The explosions, which occur when fine particles of dust are ignited, occur in many industries, the CSB found, including rubber and plastic products, chemical manufacturing, primary metal, lumber and wood products, and food products, among others. They occur nationwide. For example, the CSB preliminary data show 21 such incidents in Illinois over the years, 19 in California, 13 in Ohio, 8 in North Carolina and three in Kentucky....The most densely populated state in the nation is New Jersey. New Jersey has a lot of chemical traffic. There are several pharmaceutical industries in New Jersey. Dust. Pills. All that mess. At one point there were huge chemical operations in New Jersey, American Cyanamid, Union Carbide and Johns Manville were among them. During all those years, there was no major explosion. If there were, the state was so densely populated there would be large numbers of deaths. The reason these plants were reasonably safe was due to regulation.
After the Bhopal, India accident Union Carbide put an Emergency Manager answering only to the Plant Manager on the beat to be sure their Bound Brook plant was safe.
There are real reasons why these tragedies occur and it isn't because the EXPERTS in the USA don't know better or how to protect people's lives. The reason these tragedies occur is because it benefits Wall Street profits. These tragedies are NOT accidents. They are negligence to benefit profit and there needs to be arrests for manslaughter.
Where deregulation occurs and Republicans interfere with safety for the public there HAS TO BE prosecution of those taking advantage of the deregulation in order to stop the danger. Someone has to be held responsible and a slap on the wrist with fines is not going to do it. There needs to be prosecution of those responsible for the safety of the plant.
Government is failing the people. It is failing in the area of plant safety and banking among others. There is interference of regulation by the Republicans protecting the profiteers.
