[TheBigB]

"like a bomb went off..."

Hmm.

Could this company have been involved in anti-germ/biochemical warfare research, perhaps? On the sly? And someone found out about it?

[concerned about politics]

Could this company have been involved in anti-germ/biochemical warfare research, perhaps? On the sly? And someone found out about it?

Yeh. Biogenics and vaccines, but I can't say if this paticular plant was making them. So far the news just says medical equipment.

[jammer]

There are no biologicals, I would wager. They are a generic drug house. I don't know how they place the nitrates on isosorbide, but I'm sure there is some explosive potential in the raw materials. Here's the list I have of what they make:

ALPRAZOLAM
AMILORIDE-HCTZ
AMINOPHYLLINE
APAP/BUTALBITAL/CAFFEINE
ASA/BUTALBITAL/CAFFEINE
ASCORBIC ACID
ATENOLOL
ATROPINE/HYOSCYAM/PB/SCOPOL
CAPTOPRIL
CARBIDOPA-LEVODOPA
CARISOPRODOL
CHLORHEXIDINE TOP
CHLOROQUINE
CHLOROTHIAZIDE
CIMETIDINE
COLCHICINE
CORTISONE
CYCLOBENZAPRINE
DICYCLOMINE
DIFLUNISAL
DILTIAZEM
DOXYCYCLINE
EPHEDRINE
FLURAZEPAM
FOLIC ACID
GEMFIBROZIL
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE
HYDROCORTISONE
INDOMETHACIN
ISONIAZID
ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE
ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE
KETOPROFEN
LISINOPRIL
LITHIUM
METHOCARBAMOL
METHYLDOPA-HCTZ
MULTIVITAMIN W/MINERALS
NAPROXEN
NIACIN
PHENOBARBITAL
PIROXICAM
PREDNISONE
PROPOXYPHENE
PROPYLTHIOURACIL