Chicago Health Committee chairman Ed Smith wants to follow Washington’s lead to create a municipal exclusion zones. Similar ordinances are pending in Baltimore, Boston and Cleveland. Rail and chemical industry officials counter that a ban on shipments would make transport even more dangerous by extending the traveled distance over unsupervised routes. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that rail systems and ease of access for trucks around the city would make an ideal target for terrorists. Read more from CNN.com.”]
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