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WASHINGTON (AP) - New federal regulations for chemical facilities neither require nor encourage companies to switch from potentially dangerous chemicals to less hazardous substitutes, and that has some lawmakers and activists worried.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and three Democratic colleagues expressed "deep concern" Monday about the reported thefts and attempted thefts of chlorine gas from California water treatment plants.
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff they said the incidents underscored the need to switch to safer liquid chlorine or other methods for water treatment.
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