Worst-Case Scenario Data Can Still Get on Internet And Pose a Security Risk.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Chemical Market Reporter, June, 2000

DESPITE A proposed government prohibition, environmental activists are likely to use the Internet to disseminate worst-case scenario information about potential accidents at chemical plants, enabling terrorists to select targets and maximize fatalities, warns a Washington-based policy group.

In comments to the Environmental Protection Agency, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) cautions that a rule proposed by the agency to minimize security risks associated with the release of sensitive data about the consequences of hypothetical chemical plant accidents is inadequate. "The proposed rule fails to prevent activist groups from posting the information online," says the CEI. "Under the rule, EPA will post most of the information online, and...

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