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U.S. Cities At High Risk For [Bio] Terrorist Attacks Identified

Mar. 5, 2008

U.S. Cities At High Risk For [Bio] Terrorist Attacks Identified

ScienceDaily: A University of Arizona researcher has created a new system to dramatically show American cities their relative level of vulnerability to bioterrorism.

Walter W. Piegorsch, an expert on environmental risk, has placed 132 major cities -- from Albany, N.Y., to Youngstown, Ohio -- on a color-coded map that identifies their level of risk based on factors including critical industries, ports, railroads, population, natural environment and other factors...

(click on the map above for larger view and comments)

Reference:

University of Arizona (2008, March 5). US Cities At High Risk For Terrorist Attacks Identified. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 5, 2008, from:
http://www.sciencedaily.com­ /releases/2008/03/080304092842.htm

[ ERRI WMD/Haz-Mat specialist note: We note with interest that Chicago is listed as "high-risk" on the Professor's map of potential targets. Please click on the map above to get a larger view of the hazard zones]