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Anhydrous ammonia plant, ca. 1954. ROBERT W. KELLEY/TIME & LIFE PICTURES/GETTY IMAGES

Image: Anhydrous ammonia plant, ca. 1954. ROBERT W. KELLEY/TIME & LIFE PICTURES/GETTY IMAGES

wired.com - Sarah Zhang - May 16th 2016

Of all the elements that make up Earth’s atmosphere, nitrogen is by far the most abundant. It is also one of the most inert. Nothing happens when you breathe it in, swallow it, or let it suffuse your skin.

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Regarding the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas . . .

Fire That Left 15 Dead at Texas Fertilizer Plant Is Ruled Intentional
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/us/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion.html?_r=1

Town in shock over news that Texas fertilizer-plant explosion was deliberate
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/11/us/texas-fertilizer-plant-blast/

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