Feb 18, 2013

Example Papers for Disaster Mitigation using safer chemicals and processes that remove the possibility of a catastrophic chemical release.

Paper Author, Paul Orum, has written several reports on options for facilities in about 20 different industries to use safer chemicals and processes that remove the possibility of a catastrophic chemical release. These include the following, through the Center for American Progress:

Chemical Security 101: What You Don't Have Can't Leak, or Be Blown Up By Terrorists
http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/issues/2008/11/pdf/chemical_security.pdf
 

Safer Chemicals Create a More Secure America
This includes an interactive map of more than 500 water and wastewater facilities that have converted off chlorine gas.
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/news/2010/03/02/7539/safer-chemicals-create-a-more-secure-america/
 
Toxic Trains and the Terrorist Threat
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/report/2007/04/02/2901/toxic-trains-and-the-terrorist-threat/
 
Preventing Toxic Terrorism
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/news/2006/04/24/1924/preventing-toxic-terrorism/

Contact information:
http://www.louisvillecharter.org/paper.righttoknow.shtml