Biden & Buttigieg & the EPA all ignored the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio while the Governors of Pennsylvania & Ohio blamed each other for a controlled burn of vinyl chloride which caused massive air and water quality problems. Turns out it was a decision made by the train company itself – which is owned by Blackrock & other liberal hedge funds.
President Trump announced he was going to Ohio and suddenly the EPA & Biden woke up. Whatever you think of President Trump’s mean tweets and personality – he gets stuff done while others just talk! I’ll take action over platitudes any day! plastics, began to leak from the tanker cars. It was decided a controlled burn of the chemicals was the best course of action to prevent an explosion.
The Norfolk Southern Railway train was transporting many toxic chemicals, so officials decided to conduct a controlled burn of the cars a few days after the derailment to release the chemicals under controlled conditions and to prevent an explosion, which would have sent shrapnel flying into residential areas and potentially released toxic chemicals in an uncontrolled way.
However, five of the cars contained vinyl chloride, which becomes hydrogen chloride and phosgene when burned. Phosgene is a deadly gas that was used in chemical warfare during World War I.
Ohio residents living within the area of the controlled burn were urged to evacuate or risk death.
“The vinyl chloride contents of five rail cars are currently unstable and could potentially explode, causing deadly disbursement of shrapnel and toxic fumes,” the governor’s office said in a statement.
“To alleviate the risk of uncontrollable shrapnel from an explosion, Norfolk Southern Railroad is planning a controlled release of the vinyl chloride.”
Officials released a map showing a red zone and a yellow zone, downwind from the burn, with Norfolk Southern saying anyone who remains in the red area will be exposed to deadly toxins and anyone in the yellow area could suffer “skin burns and serious lung damage.”
Phosgene is likely the chemical that officials were most worried about.
“It disrupts the interaction between the lungs and the bloodstream. It makes it so oxygen can’t get into the blood and carbon dioxide can’t get out.”
When hydrogen chloride dissolves in water, it becomes hydrochloric acid.
Despite officials stating that residents were safe to return, people expressed concerns over dead animals and fish appearing in the area, as well as a chemical smell in the air.
Interesting.