Transportation By Rail Accidents Should Lead To New Regulations
No one ever wants disasters to happen but when they do, the best thing that should come out of it would be improved rules and regulations that would prevent future incidents from happening again.
In the case of the Mississauga Miracle, a freight train explosion with zero casualties that happened in 1979, better regulations about the transport of hazardous materials were put in place. The incident also led to better disaster response.
A 106-car freight train was derailed. The train was carrying hazardous materials such as Caustic soda. Styrene, toluene, and propane, which cause the train to explode when it was derailed. The week it happened, 200,000 people were forced to evacuate. But some people note that the incident did not really open the eyes of some legislators.
The incident, they cited, did not lead to better regulations for the transportation of oil. In July 2013 47 people died in Lac-Megantic, Quebec when a train with millions of litres of crude oil derailed and exploded. However, CP claims 99.997% of all rail shipments with dangerous goods reach their destination safely.
Read Article from The Toronto Sun Hear: http://www.torontosun.com/2014/11/09/mississauga-train-disaster-sparked-safety-improvements
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