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Related: About this forumFertilizer explosions listed and US facilities mapped
How many major fertilizer explosions have there been? Where is fertiliser produced in the US? This is the data we know
Accidents & explosions | Where are the fertilizer plants? | Why is it so explosive?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2013/apr/18/us-fertilizer-explosions-list-facilities-map
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Fertilizer explosions listed and US facilities mapped (Original Post)
white cloud
Apr 2013
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white cloud
(2,567 posts)1. The process use to make fertilizer
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)2. Yes, sir. Cracking natural gas.
white cloud
(2,567 posts)4. more about matters
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)3. Oy. West does not make fertilizer.
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)5. 40,000 tons in Rock Island
stored within .25 miles of houses and .5 miles of a community center, day care, and churches.
http://qctimes.com/news/local/ask-the-times/new-fertilizer-facility-towers-over-rock-island-river/article_c81c86fc-27ea-5562-b06b-a0d4e13c09fa.html
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)6. Wikipedia has a page dedicated to ....
...Ammonium Nitrate Disasters
Very cheerful reading. Sleep well, children.