Three dead after N.C. blast

["Michael G. Stabin" <michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu>]

This is a serious tragedy and we all wish the best for the survivors and

families of the victims. What struck me, though, was that the story did not

give any quotes from activists calling for us to shut down the

pharmaceutical industry.



Thursday, January 30, 2003 Posted: 3:13 AM EST (0813 GMT)



KINSTON, North Carolina (CNN) -- A massive explosion and fire Wednesday

gutted a pharmaceutical supply plant, killing at least three people and

injuring more than two dozen others -- about 12 of them critically.



Three dead after N.C. blast



Survivors found clinging to 2nd story steel beams



WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES



-Headquarters in Lionville, Pennsylvania



-Global pharmaceutical technology company



-Designs, manufactures and sells stoppers, closures and medical device

components



Source: The Associated Press







Michael G. Stabin, PhD, CHP

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Vanderbilt University

1161 21st Avenue South

Nashville, TN 37232-2675

Phone (615) 343-0068

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