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3. Year after year...

Reply to Lodestar (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 08:17 AM

Mar 2014

It's the same study, the same finding and the same warnings.

At this point, if something were to happen, it's pure negligence on the part of the suppliers and government t for their lack of significant upgrades and government on their inability to legislate appropriate safety measures to require these necessary upgrades.

People die when this happens. There's no hyperbole here.

In the event that something of this magnitude were to occur, many will die.

Negligence.

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