Posted on 02/13/2023 9:29:14 AM PST by bitt
Norfolk Southern Railroad and the Environmental Protection Agency released a list of chemicals and hazardous materials on Sunday carried by a train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.
The derailment, which occurred on February 3, caused a fire that lasted several days. Officials decided to initiate a controlled release of the chemicals to mitigate the risk of an explosion; all residents within one mile of the crash site were told to evacuate, although they were permitted to return to their homes on February 8.
Norfolk Southern provided the EPA with a list of cars affected by the crash and the chemicals they were carrying. The company said all five cars containing vinyl chloride have been “stabilized” after the material was burned by crews, forming massive plumes of dark smoke that were visible in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
Vinyl chloride is described by the National Cancer Institute as a carcinogen linked to a rare form of liver cancer called hepatic angiosarcoma, as well as lymphoma, leukemia, and various forms of brain and lung cancers. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration only permits exposure of one part per million during an industrial worker’s eight-hour shift.
“If a water supply is contaminated, vinyl chloride can enter household air when the water is used for showering, cooking, or laundry,” the agency said.
One train car containing ethylene glycol monobutyl ether currently has an “unknown status,” according to Norfolk Southern. The highly combustible liquid is used to manufacture paints and varnish; ingestion or skin contact can cause headache, nausea, vomiting, and dizziness, according to a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A second car was carrying isobutylene, a flammable gas that can induce “dizziness, drowsiness, and unconsciousness” when moderate concentrations are inhaled, according to another report from the
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Watch the harpies on The View and Morning Joe blame Trump.
Maybe this is why we’re seeing so many reports of weather balloons . They could be tracking the poisonous clouds
If we send in enough humans to breath them in that will help speed up the cleanup. The human lung is a great filtration system. —Anthony Fauci.
“We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open,” said Silverado Caggiano, a hazardous materials specialist”: Investigators have discovered three more hazardous chemicals at the scene of the train derailment in East Palestine Ohio.
With a big FWIW, updates from the EPA...
https://response.epa.gov/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=15933
You will eat ze bugs.
How many farm animals, how much cropland, how many water sources are now toxic?
Because after the Russia Russia Russia, "We're all gonna die from COVID", and the clot-shots, all credibility is gone.
BTW who was Mayor Butt-Gregarious doing, instead of making sure inspections were ongoing, to prevent this kind of derailment?
Just remember folks, railroads are heavily regulated by the federal gov’t.
Most of what goes wrong is because the regulators are asleep on the job.....so they turn around and fine the company and the money goes into the general fund.
Don’t be fooled.
I’m in the Cleveland area and this is beyond disgusting! So much has been done to clean up and remediate this area and poof, one accident later...
Please provide the source links for your included graphic. Some of us live in that red blob.
Norfolk Southern, What’s Your Function?
Jacking up traffic and making everybody late!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGqegkUa8cY&ab_channel=TurbochargedToaster
That blob is (I think) a list of cities/counties within 200 miles of East Palestine.
Inferring from a discussion about the link, which appeared on patriots.win.
The railroads remain a reliable vote for the Dems.
It’s crazy that a lot of us on the west coast haven’t heard a damn thing about this until today, and I take in a lot of news. The MSM hasn’t reported on this at all.
This is a major, world class, HAZMAT spill
With very little coverage.
People will die from the exposure.
Phosgene is my concern.
“safe and effective”...
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