#p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #teaparty #union #iww #occupy #ows One Year After 15 Died in Preventable Texas Fertilizer Blast, Safety Rules Stalled http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/One-Year-After-15-Died-in-Preventable-Texas-Fertilizer-Blast-Safety-Rules-Stalled When the West, Texas, fertilizer plant, where 30 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate—stored in wooden sheds without sprinkler systems and near other combustible material—caught fire, exploded and killed 15 people, including 10 emergency responders, the state of Texas had virtually no regulations governing ammonium nitrate and other hazardous chemicals. A year later, it still doesn’t...