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Governor dewine arrested the only reporter at today's 2 hour late press conference. The evacuation order was lifted despite Norfolk Southern RR testing the water and declaring that Vinyl chloride was not present (remember it was control burned off so that should be accurate). Yet also no other tests were given or presented. So I guess we are supposed to just take the railroad who caused the spill's word. Or they just are no longer liable for expenses or the ecological health because they say so?
But don't worry bc yes the EPA was involved but lotta good they did because they just cited the fucking railroaders tests.
There is no comprehensive report on what compounds were on that train. There is no report on potential reactions with those compounds or reactions to the environment.
We know that there was "an amount" of butyl achrylate and benzene residues from empty benzene tanks. There was also mentioned non hazardous lubricants but nonhazardous is a misleading label in transportation industries I can link that post if you're curious as to why. Lubricant is also a very broad chemical term so thanks lol we don't know how these chemicals will interact or damage the environment.
Another cool and fun fact, Wednesday, Weirton and Steubenville diverted water supplies because butyl achrylate was detected in their sampling. This has now been reverted and the cities have announced that the water was safe. Governor Mike dewine apparently didn't know this lol
I guess it's all over guys good work! Norfolk Southern Railway saved the day!
ERG for butyl achrylate
phmsa.dot.gov/erg/material?materialName=Butyl%20acrylates%2C%20stabilized&materialUn=2348
IDLH (immediately dangerous to life or health): 113 ppm
Fruity odor, extremely toxic
Benzene: fuel like odor "aromatic?(idk what that means)", extremely toxic stay away any exposure to benzene leads to leukemia, cancer, or immediate death, flammable at 73°f
Luckily they said the benzene tankers were "empty." If you remember that one military camp in Florida this is what was said to have contaminated that area.
I didn't actually watch the reporter video I don't really care it's like watching two gay niggers fighting tho I'm sure