Note what he's saying - those other products are safe unless

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10. The company man was suspiciously uninformative about the chemicals involved.

His answers were deliberately vague and nonspecific. Even the police seemed remarkably uninformed about the nature of the threat to first responders and the public, and several times he said that he was trying to look for information on line.

Texas boasts they have little to no regulations that impede business, but this is a public safety problem. Last night, Rachel Maddow spoke about Texas laws that required almost no safety precautions and protected business interests over the people in the communities.

That man from the company didn't even have a Material Safety Data Sheet which would have explained the chemicals, the safety requirements, exposure symptoms and first aid treatment. Why wasn't that basic, and critical information available to the press, the police, hospitals, fire dept, and handed out to every resident within the exclusion zone?

Texas needs to smarten up and stop this irresponsible pandering to companies that have no concern for people.