[FairWitness]

As of right now, I hate the new posting form. I apologize for duplicating the test portion of the post, but am relieved I finally got it to work.

[scholar]

Back in the mid '80's, over half my town of New Lenox, Il was ordered to be evacuated due to a chemical leak from derailed railroad cars.

The amount and type of toxic elements going down the rails and our highways would make us all run for cover if we knew about even a small portion of it.

[Cliff Dweller]

Actually the neutralized agent would be safer to transport than most industrial chemicals currently passing through our cities, towns, neighborhoods, etc.

How many times do you read about a tanker truck or railcar carrying ammonia which overturns and causes the evacuation of tens of miles of the surrounding country. The neutralized agent would be similar to spilling drain cleaner if it inadvertently spilled. There are several methods available to neutralize the VX agent (which is similar to antifreeze in consistency), Sodium Hydroxide (strong bleach) is not necessarily the best, but it effectively removes the threat of the neutralized agent for the public.

The opposition group mentioned opposes any destruction involving incinerators and would prefer the U.S. Government spend billions of taxpayer dollars to build something which is really unnecessary for all practical purposes.