Monday, June 14, 2004

Louisville Paper Uses Risk Info for Watchdog Report   The Louisville Courier-Journal has used chemical risk information to do a special report on how a three-state metro area might be affected by what chemical companies do -- or don't do -- to make surrounding residents safer. The information was meant to make communities safer, but the industry has urged government to make it secret, claiming terrorists could exploit it. The worst-case chemical release in the Louisville area could harm the health of some 810,000 people. The Courier-Journal series discusses not only the hazards, but also what companies have done to make their plants safer, the debate over access to risk information, and the bills currently before Congress that sponsors say address chemical plant security.  Full story .... 4:33:05 PM