Since September 11, there have been warnings that chemical plants and storage facilities in the U.S. could be terrorist targets. DuPont has spent $3 billion in improved security since 9/11, spread out among all its facilities in the U.S., according to Art Levine. DuPont has been praised for its use of American Chemistry Council’s security program called Responsible Care, a self-policing program.

Still, Art Levine, contributing editor of Washington Monthly, strolled onto DuPont’s Edgemoor, Del. facility. With eight hazmat railcars ahead of him that could have been filled with “deadly” chlorine, he was not even watched by cameras. According to Levine, if just one railcar was hit, 100,000 people could be killed.

Read Art Levine’s story You Too Can Break Into a Chemical Plant.

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