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Train with petcoke, chemicals derails in Houston
Houston :: TX :: USA | 4 days ago
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A Union Pacific Corp train derailed Monday, sending 16 carloads of petroleum coke off the tracks and spilling much of the cargo, a UP spokeswoman said. No one was hurt in the derailment late Monday morning on the south side of Houston, UP spokeswoman...
Tags: Houston Fire Department, train derailed, freight train, Houston, Disaster Accident, Ammonium nitrate, Nitrates, Derailment, Rail transport
Indonesia seizes explosive material
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 6 days ago
Credibility Customs official Nasar Salim says the ammonium nitrate was found on a ship captured in the South China Sea. Ammonium nitrate can also be used as fertiliser, but Salim says 95 percent of the material imported into Indonesia is used in explosive devices.
Tags: Indonesia, Nasar Salim, Jakarta, Fertilizers, Nitrogen metabolism, Explosive material, Explosives, Nitrates, Ammonium nitrate, War Conflict
Incitec swings to loss
Sydney :: Australia | 12 days ago
Credibility Incitec Pivot says 2010 will be another challenging year as it posted an annual net loss of $179.9 million. Chief executive James Fazzino said the company was better prepared to face the challenges ahead after a year of "unprecedented global volatility"...
Tags: Incitec Pivot Ltd., Incitec Swings, Australia, net loss, Sydney, Dyno Nobel, Cent, Incitec Pivot Limited, Business Finance, Nitrogen, Write-off, Dynamometer, Ammonium phosphate, Ammonium nitrate, Ammonium, Nitrates, Fertilizer, Dividend, Goodwill, Profit, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Tax, Low-carbon economy, Carbon tax, Environmental law, Environment, Nitrous, Inhalants, Nitrous oxide, Occupational safety and health
Half Million Pounds of EXPLOSIVE's Siezed in Afghanistan
Coalition forces discovered an enormous cache of bomb-making material Sunday in Kandahar, seizing 500,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer illegal in the country and widely used in homemade bombs. A single bomb requires only 60 pounds of the...
Tags: ammonium nitrate, Bomb Material, explosives, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Taliban, Coalition troops, Coalition forces, Islam, Terror, Terrorism, Kandahar, Improvised explosive device, War in Afghanistan, Explosive material, Nitrates, Bombs, War Conflict, Mark Lee, allnews
Scientists study link between fertilizers and Alzheimer's, diabetes, & Parkinson's diseases
Is there a connection between the amount of nitrates in farming soil and diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parksonson's and diabetes mellitus? Scientists are studying environmental links to these diseases through nitrates in the soil where vegetables and...
Tags: nitrates, nitrites, nitrosamines, fertilizers, environmental links to Alzheimers, diabetes, Parkinsons, vegetables, fruits, processed, prerserved foods
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