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In 2010, the last year for which figures were available, only 2% of the nitrogen fertilizer sold in the United States was ammonium nitrate. That's down from 5% 15 years ago, Mathers says.

The law, which the fertilizer industry supported, leaves the U.S. with weaker controls on ammonium nitrate than Britain, Germany, Australia, Israel, Saudi Arabia and many other nations.

In agriculture, ammonium nitrate fertilizer is applied in granule form and quickly dissolves under moisture, allowing nitrogen -- which is key to plant growth -- to be released into the soil.