Phosgene
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Sickofleft
Mayor
Nightmare brought to us by the utter and complete incompetence of the authorities involved including the EPA.
Boltlady
Governor
A whole lot of people need to be removed and replaced with people who are actually qualified instead of people who are just minorities of some sort who only have their job for effect.
Those people's lives in that town will never be the same if they even live long enough for any future effects.
Addy
Stand up for the people!
Was the burn the only way to remove it? Who ordered the burn?
It reads to me like it will become a significant ecologic and health disaster..
looks like the incident commander (fire chief). finger pointing to ensue..i'll bet
East Palestine fire chief silent when Environmental Protection Agency claims he ordered the controlled burn
A spokesperson with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 Monday that the Fire Chief of the East Palestine Fire Department was the individual who ordered the controlled burn
Addy
Stand up for the people!
looks like the incident commander (fire chief). finger pointing to ensue..i'll bet
East Palestine fire chief silent when Environmental Protection Agency claims he ordered the controlled burn
A spokesperson with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 Monday that the Fire Chief of the East Palestine Fire Department was the individual who ordered the controlled burnwww.theohiopressnetwork.com
Thanks. Phi. It's a shame regardless of who gave the burn order. It looks like the decision was made in an uniformed manner. It's turned out to be a real disaster for those people living in and around Palestine and how it affects their health/living arrangements.
as seen on tv
Senator
what are the basic materials which combined to make phosgene in that wreck? do they have any legitimate uses in modern chemistry?
agree.
the burning of vinyl chloride produces phosgene. and vinyl chloride is toxic in and of itself
Sickofleft
Mayor
Yep. Rural poor area and my guess is they decided to burn it off because it was cheaper than cleaning it up properly.
I would hope people in the State and Federal Agencies responsible for this lose jobs... but it seems very very rare anyone these days is ever held responsible for anything.
It's bad enough the rail company was offering 1k in exchange for signing away your ability to sue.......
yeah..if i were in Palestine..i'd be ring a dinging an attorney and telling that $1000 offer to hit the road..
Sickofleft
Mayor
I'm sure every major class action law firm in the country is there retaining as many plaintiffs as possible but those cases could take years.
as seen on tv
Senator
wikipedia (link below) makes no mention of phosgene.
it says vinyl chloride is used in onlyl a SINGLE industrial process - to make PVC (water pipes).
Vinyl chloride - Wikipedia
burnig it can produce phosgene..and chloride gas... etc..
Raoul_Luke
"Wait, it's all Marxism?" "Always has been."
looks like the incident commander (fire chief). finger pointing to ensue..i'll bet
East Palestine fire chief silent when Environmental Protection Agency claims he ordered the controlled burn
A spokesperson with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 Monday that the Fire Chief of the East Palestine Fire Department was the individual who ordered the controlled burn
It is clear from your link that Ohio State officials were involved. I am fairly certain that the fire chief has no authority on his own to burn toxic chemicals
Addy
Stand up for the people!
The more that's learned about the dangers/risk due to exposure during the burn, the more depressing it becomes.
Today I read lots of info on it and it appears to be/present a very real health hazard.
