![]() And the only way you are going to get rid of it is a deep cleaning of everything, because when you burn anything that has organic chemicals in it, it leaves a film. People that are having breathing problems have left there and gone someplace else. People are posting pictures of red rashes and red eyes. “Everything I just read to you are symptoms that people are experiencing now. It is highly flammable, and again, the vapors can irritate the eyes, the nose and can cause congestion, headaches and vomiting. Ethylene glycol monobutyl, another colorless solvent used in the paints and plastics industry, is acutely toxic and can cause permanent injury. Ethylhexyl acrylate, another colorless liquid that they use in plastic production, produces hazardous vapors and kills fish. Butyl acrylate is flammable and causes skin, eye and respiratory irritation, just like vinyl chloride. Vinyl chloride when it burns breaks down into phosgene, which was a World War I killing agent, a choking agent, it sinks to the ground and it would go into the foxholes. We didn’t use a nuclear weapon, but we did nuke them with chemicals.”ĭescribing the chemicals on the trains and the health threats from burning them, he said, “Vinyl chloride and ethylhexyl acrylate are cancerous. Everything is falling out of the clouds-that is what it reminded me of. It reminded me of disaster movies, where you see the nuclear winter. Referring to his widely publicized comment that “We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open,” Caggiano told the WSWS, “The reason I said that is based on that guy’s video of the cloud and stuff precipitating out of the cloud. ![]() I got a picture from an airplane taking off from Pittsburgh, and there is this huge black spot in the middle of the clouds,” Caggiano noted. “That plume cloud covered a very large area. “Either we blew it up or it would blow up by itself,” he insisted, claiming “that was our only option.” One resident asked if EPA officials were testing for dioxins, highly toxic chemical compounds that can cause cancer and damage to immune systems and child development. The official admitted that dioxins had likely been released by the burning but said that such testing was not being done and would “probably be part of a long-term mitigation strategy.” The official said the state had no choice but to carry out the “controlled release” of the toxins. After the state EPA official dodged their questions and again claimed the water and soil was safe, someone from the crowd was heard shouting, “Flint, Michigan!” referring to the residents of that city whose health concerns were ignored for months before the state government acknowledged in late 2015 that the city’s water system had been poisoned by lead. On Wednesday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine claimed the water was safe after state Environmental Protection Agency officials reported finding no evidence of raw contaminants during the inspection of several wells that feed the municipal water system.ĭuring the meeting Wednesday night, residents peppered officials about the thousands of dead fish in local streams, pets getting sick and dying, the persistence of chemical smells and sickness among residents. Without any serious testing of homes, water and soil for contaminants, residents were sent back to their homes and rail traffic through the town quickly resumed. The burning of hundreds of thousands of gallons of carcinogenic vinyl chloride and other chemicals produced a massive plume of black smoke that could be seen for miles. Residents of the small town of less than 5,000 on the Pennsylvania-Ohio border, northwest of Pittsburgh, were initially evacuated within the one-mile radius of the crash site when state officials carried out a “controlled release” on February 6. East Palestine residents line up before town hall meeting
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