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According to a study by the United Steelworkers Union, there are at least 33 refineries in the United States utilizing unflared vents to dispose of volatile hydrocarbon materials.
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According to the EPA, uncontrolled burning, especially of household products that contain chlorine, accounts for 57% of all dioxin releases into the environment.
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Flight 587 is the second American Airlines jet to crash shortly after taking off from JFK. It's also the second to crash from rudder failure. In 1962, American Airlines Flight 1 crashed into Jamaica Bay after a wiring failure caused its rudder to deflect uncontrollably.
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On July 11, 1979, Skylab returned to Earth in an uncontrolled trajectory. It crashed in a remote area of Western Australia killing one cow.
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Narrator: One of the world's largest oil companies suffers a series of catastrophic explosions at its Texas City refinery, a jumbo jet mysterious crashes off Long Island days after 9/11, a deadly toxin kills the town of Times Beach, Missouri, NASA's multi billion dollar Skylab space station is crippled seconds after takeoff, and a fire at a St. Louis gas company turn pressurized cylinders into flying missiles. Now: Engineering Disasters, on Modern Marvels.
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Commentators:
Michael Economides, PhD
Editor in Chief, Energy TribuneCarolyn Merritt
Chairwoman, Chemical Safety BoardDonald Holmstrom
Investigator, Chemical Safety BoardMarilyn Leistner
Last Mayor of Times Beach, MORussell Martin Bliss
Former President, Bliss Waste Oil Co.Robert Feild
Project Manager, EPA SuperfundRobert Benzon
Investigator, NTSBPeter Garrison
Aviation WriterJoseph Kerwin
Scientist Astronaut, Skylab 2Jack Kinzler
Technical Services Department, NASARobert Hall
Investigator, Chemical Safety BoardApril Breeden
Resident, Lafayette Square DistrictCaptain Michael Merchant
St. Louis Fire DepartmentScott Edmundson
Resident, Lafayette Square District
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