ON THE CUTTING EDGE: New Type Of Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizer Non-Explosive
Chemical company Honeywell has patented a method to render nitrogen fertilizer unusable as an explosive, reports The New York Times:
Chemists had been looking for ways to render ammonium nitrate nonexplosive since the
The Department of Homeland Security has certified the new fertilizer, which Honeywell calls ammonium sulfate nitrate, under a federal program devised to encourage such innovations by offering the manufacturers immunity from liability, according to Honeywell. …
[T]he Department of Homeland Security requires that farmers safeguard their stockpiles of the widely used fertilizer and report their inventories to the government.
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