The Sad Truth About the West, TX Plant Explosion

Miles Kampf-Lassin

ITT’s Mike Elk discusses the cause of the West, TX industrial accident, the weak government oversight of the plant, and President Obama’s missed opportunity to raise awareness around the need for increase health and safety regulations on MSNBC.

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Miles Kampf-Lassin, a graduate of New York University’s Gallatin School in Deliberative Democracy and Globalization, is a Web Editor at In These Times. Follow him on Twitter @MilesKLassin

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