Ammonium nitrate blamed for deadly Beirut blast

The World

Ammonium nitrate is the chemical that has caused death and destruction has been blamed for the Beirut explosion that killed at least 100 and injured thousands on Tuesday. Jeffrey Lewis, who’s with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, talks about it with host Marco Werman.

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