Archive Report
Archive Report
Concern Over Transportation Danger
Transpoetation of hazardous cargoes by air, sea, rail, road and waterway is a major and growing problem in the United States. Many airline passengers have been astonished and angered to learn that radioactive or other hazardous materials are routinely carried on U.S. passenger flights. The burgeoning shipments of oil and liquid natural gas aboard tankers and supertankers have spurred new concern about spills or explosions at sea or in port. Railroads are carrying an increasing share of dangerous materials, yet rail accidents reached a 16-year high in 1973, due largely to deteriorating tracks and equipment. About one out of every 10 trucks on the highway today is transporting explosive, flammable or poisonous cargo. And hazardous substances make up an ever-larger percentage ...