Off topic—but I know you have posted a lot about this—latest from Zero Hedge on East Palestine:
Thanks. Not terribly surprising. As I mentioned in one of my posts, there remains a lot of cleaning up to do. They're going to need to remove a lot of soil. Probably clean up a number of these kinds of creek beds. But, that's not vinyl chloride they're seeing. VCM is a gas, and it lighter than water. It wouldn't be sinking to creek bed bottoms.
Not sure what it is? They need to test and find out. Could be some of the heavier residuals from the burning? Those are WORSE than VCM in health impacts. But, they should be relatively easy to clean up, as they'll be a very low levels. And, most of these can be smelled at VERY low levels. It doesn't take much to make an oil sheen. It might just be spilled oil or gas from all the trucks that were around, fighting the fires.
They still have a lot of work to do around there. Their drinking water, on the other had, comes from wells, and seem to be testing clean. Personally, I'd keep drinking bottled water for a few months, just to make sure it stays that way. But, I'd be ok taking showers, or washing things in it, with soap.
Atlas Shrugged is a blueprint or just a coincidence? You choose...
Q: What is the name of the railroad in the book, and what road did this train derail right next to?
A: Taggart Transcontinental and Taggart Street.
The train derailed right next to CeramFab, address: 900 E Taggart St, East Palestine, OH 44413