Submitted by oldschoolskater t3_11430mv in Pennsylvania
randomnighmare t1_j92a243 wrote
Reply to comment by CltAltAcctDel in Shapiro: Pennsylvania DEP will test water in connection with Ohio train derailment by oldschoolskater
I am taking the word of this Pitt scientist:
>“The outdoor air is a little less problematic because vinyl chloride gets dispersed very quickly and broken down by the sunlight, within a few days, it’s a similar situation in the soil or open body of water. However, one of the things I always emphasize if it goes into the ground water and transported to homes and private wells, it is highly volatile, so it can suffuse into air within those closed spaces,” she said. “It comes out of the water, into the air and that’s really the major route of toxicity for the liver. It comes through the air.”
CltAltAcctDel t1_j92ey6w wrote
She's not talking about acid rain. She's talking about vinyl chloride getting into the ground water. The threat of acid rain is gone.
https://innotechtoday.com/chemicals-from-ohio-train-derailment-spark-concerns-of-acid-rain/
>Acid rain could have formed after the controlled release and burn of chemicals on Feb. 6,” Kevin Crist, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and the director of the Air Quality Center at Ohio University, said. “If it did form and fall, it would have most likely occurred downwind of East Palestine.
>“There would maybe be localized problems, but once that plume is gone, it’s gone. Unless it’s sticking to a residue.”
And the expert you cite is saying the same thing. These chemicals are short lived in the atmosphere.
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