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Chlorine attacks in Iraq spur warnings in US
Water-plant vigilance urged
WASHINGTON -- A spate of deadly chlorine bomb attacks in Iraq is prompting the Bush administration to urge nearly 3,000 municipal water treatment plants in the United States to make sure their chlorine gas is well protected -- spotlighting what Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has singled out as a "gap in our system of regulation." (Full article: 1222 words)
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