Report Shows Bush Ignoring Chemical Security

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> Report Shows Bush Ignoring Chemical

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> REPORT SHOWS BUSH IGNORING CHEMICAL SECURITY

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> President Bush this week said, " We're going to do

> what's necessary to protect this country. " [1] But

> according to a comprehensive new report, the Bush

> administration has not only failed to safeguard

> vulnerable terrorist targets at home, it has

> actively blocked government initiatives to safeguard

> the most dangerous materials that could be used in a

> terrorist attack.

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> According to the nonpartisan Working Group on

> Community Right-to-Know, the Bush administration has

> blocked an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

> initiative to impose security measures for extremely

> hazardous chemicals stored at power plants across

> the country. As a result, some 3.5 million people

> living near these non-nuclear power plants continue

> to face the danger that a terrorist attack could

> send a cloud of toxic and lethal gas into their

> neighborhoods. The report also details how

> opposition from chemical manufacturers has derailed

> a bill in Congress, the Chemical Security Act, which

> would have required facilities using the most

> dangerous chemicals to consider safer technologies

> and use them where practicable.[2]

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> Since 2000, the chemical industry has donated more

> than $17 million to President Bush and Republican

> congressional candidates.[3] These companies have

> also given more than $6 million in soft money to the

> Republican National Committee.[4]

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> See the full report here,

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http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=50995.

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> Sources:

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> 1. " President's Remarks in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania

> , " The White House, 8/17/04,

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http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=50996.

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> 2. " Unnecessary Dangers: Emergency Chemical Release

> Hazards at Power Plants, " Working Group on Community

> Right-to-Know, July, 2004,

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http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=50995.

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> 3. " Chemical & Related Manufacturing: Long-Term

> Contribution Trends , " Center for Responsive

> Politics, 07/5/04,

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http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=50997.

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> 4. " Soft Money for Misc Business in 2002, "

> OpenSecrets.Org,

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http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=50998.

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