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Protecting U.S. Chemical Plants: Uneasy Neighbors in Texas

Security-minded lawmakers are turning their attention to the U.S. chemical industry, because chemicals from a sabotaged plant could threaten lives of millions of people in cities across the nation. NPR's Jack Speer travels to Freeport, Texas, where Dow Chemical operates one of the nation's biggest chemical plants.

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