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Why would they cover this up? Does Buffet own the train, or is some other Dem donor liable?
Each of the fourteen chemical cars carried 25,000 to 33,000 gallons of vinyl chloride. That’s close to a half million gallons, or millions and millions of pounds of the chemical. From Encyclopedia Brittanica:
Vinyl chloride, also called chloroethylene, [is] a colourless, flammable, toxic gas belonging to the family of organohalogen compounds and used principally in making polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, a widely used plastic with numerous applications… Vinyl chloride can cause liver damage, and it is classified as a known human carcinogen.
A spill of carcinogens would be remarkably bad timing if a population had somehow injured their cancer-fighting immune responses. Just spitballing.
OSHA considers vinyl chloride dangerous at 1 part per million (PPM). Here is the NJ Department of Health emergency responder reference for vinyl chloride spills, which says burning the chemical can cause an explosion, among other alarming facts.
Potential impact zones were posted on twitter:
... Some people on the ground seem rather upset by this. A warning for excessive use of profanity:
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Hydrochloric acid rain is dropping in Ohio due to a train explosion because the cars didn't have the right safety measures in place because the company said Ufck you and y'all worried about banning Blk history month and flags.
May be, just may be, the possibility of this type of crap is steadily increasing because gubbermint bureaucrats and employees in large companies are now hired according to their genetics and sexual preferences, and not their qualifications.
When Chernobyl happened, at the least the USSR did something. Has anybody heard shit from the Butt Egg Egg, the Transportation Guy in charge of interstate Railroad Safety?
Bd6r says
May be, just may be, the possibility of this type of crap is steadily increasing because gubbermint bureaucrats and employees in large companies are now hired according to their genetics and sexual preferences, and not their qualifications.
Diversity hires are RARELY placed in positions of importance.
The reason this shit is happening is mostly because the United States hasn't spent money on infrastructure in 50 years, but spends trillions of dollars on war even if they have to fucking make up the war.
When Chernobyl happened, at the least the USSR did something. Has anybody heard shit from the Butt Egg Egg, the Transportation Guy in charge of interstate Railroad Safety?
Basically, parts of Ohio will now be as healthy as some superfund sites....
Bd6r says
Basically, parts of Ohio will now be as healthy as some superfund sites....
Maybe I'm misunderstanding you. Are you saying no big deal?
Oil is eaten up by bacteria so it does not persist and it is not that toxic.
"Government released"? Was that a government-owned train on a government-owned railroad?
Why would they cover this up?
"Government released"? Was that a government-owned train on a government-owned railroad?
RWSGFY says
"Government released"? Was that a government-owned train on a government-owned railroad?
It's called Amtrak, government owned for decades now.
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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ohios-apocalyptic-chemical-disaster-rages
Toxic train wreck.