Rail safety improves despite recent derailments and wrecks
The FR R A and industry data show declines in rail- related accidents and crossing incidents from 2003 to last year with the safest year on record. Railroads invest in equipment, track, training, and sensors to detect problems early, while safety groups push driver awareness amid ongoing incidents.
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Qmaha
Neb
Maryland
Federal Railroad Administration
Allan Zarembski
University of Delaware
AAR
Warren Flatau
Bob Vander Clute
Association of American Railroads
Smoldering Missouri landfill threatens nearby nuclear waste site
In Bridgeton near St Louis a long burning landfill fuels a toxic odor and raises fears that heat could reach West Lake Landfill containing Manhattan Project era uranium. Republic Services says containment measures exist and the EPA and DNR monitor, with legal action already filed over environmental violations.
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Dawn Chapman
St. Louis
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Republic Services
West Lake
Ed Smith
Missouri Coalition For the Environment
Richard Callow
Callow
Missouri Health
Department of Natural Resources
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Chris Whitley
DNR
Renee Bungart
Mallinckrodt Chemical Co
Whitley
DePaul Health Center
Chris Koster
Koster
Joe Bindbeutel
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