{"id":37960,"date":"2015-09-04T09:15:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T13:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/bill-aims-to-upgrade-safety-for-materials-sent-by-rail\/"},"modified":"2015-09-04T09:15:51","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T13:15:51","slug":"bill-aims-to-upgrade-safety-for-materials-sent-by-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/bill-aims-to-upgrade-safety-for-materials-sent-by-rail\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill aims to upgrade safety for materials sent by rail","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16130\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;margin: 4px 12px\" alt=\"safety_sign\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/safety_sign.jpg\" width=\"130\" height=\"103\" \/>A push for stiffer hazardous chemical rail transportation standards was made Wednesday, Sept. 2 near the site of a train accident that caused the largest evacuation in Ohio history.<\/p>\n<p>Local officials \u2014 recalling the 1986 Miamisburg train derailment \u2014 joined Sen. 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