Not fear mongering lmao, I selected that one block of text because it explained why/how this could potentially reach us and that the event is actually relevant to us.

Because my initial thought when reading about this event over a week ago was "luckily that can't reach us it's so far away" (and I bet a lot of people had that same thought).

But looks like I was wrong and it is definitely possible to reach us and that block explains how it can reach us.

That is great to hear! My only concern is a lot of these ecological disasters are covered up as much as possible for as long as possible but are always worse than what they initially claim.

But I'll be very happy if it doesn't reach Maine in any substantial / harmful amounts!

Yeah March until they know the results. I want to know where the opinion on whether it is likely too small amounts comes from though, I doubt the author is qualified to make that assumption. But would love for it to be true, just would prefer to see some sources or something.

Notable mention from article about why this could easily reach us:

That downwind location is why Maine is often referred to as “the tailpipe of the nation,” according to Jeff Crawford, director of the Maine Bureau of Air Quality.

“Maine, because of its geographic location, is at the downwind terminus of the northeast corridor,” Crawford said. “It is especially impacted by transported emissions from states and regions to our south.”

“If we monitored elevated levels of vinyl chloride last week, these levels would most certainly be detected by our analytical lab,” Crawford said. “With respect to specific health concerns or impacts from vinyl chloride, the [Maine Department of Environmental Protection] always defers to the Maine Center for Disease Control.”