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Fr Oct 6 -

HAZARDOUS -

# In Apex, NC, near Raleigh, a hazardous chemical waste facility has erupted in explosions and fire. Thousands of area residents have been evacuated.

*EQ Industrial Services handles a wide array of industrial waste, from paints to solvents, and houses chemicals such as chlorine, pesticides, herbicides, sulfur and fertilizer.*

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# *International seizures of smuggled radioactive materials - which could be used to make a terrorist "dirty bomb" - have doubled in four years.*

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