Train Derailment Containing Highly Toxic Chemicals In Ohio - A Sign of Economic Warfare
Published: February 05, 2023
On February 3, 2023, a freight train carrying vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, plus few others, where 53 cars out of 150 in a freight train owned and operated by Norfolk Southern Railway derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, United States.
Chemicals that spilled into the Ohio River following a disastrous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, are forecasted to reach Kentucky in the next day or so, according to estimates from water officials in the region.
Ashland, Kentucky, and nearby communities would be the first in the state to confront the chemical spill as it makes its way downstream, but the plume could be diluted beyond detection by the time it arrives.
Following the Feb. 3 wreck, involving 53 cars of a Norfolk Southern freight train, significant amounts of vinyl chloride and other contaminants billowed into the air or spilled into local waterways, and many downstream communities began to fear contamination in their drinking water.
Since then, multiple water utilities — including Louisville Water Co. — said this week the spill does not pose a risk to drinking water and public health. The chemicals are degrading as they move downstream, and anything left in source water for cities like Cincinnati and Louisville can be removed by existing filtration systems, such as conventional chlorine or activated carbon, officials have said.
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Hazardous waste expert tells Tucker Ohio town was ‘Nuked'
The Ohio River water quality is being monitored and officials said the chemical spill into the river that resulted from the February 3 derailment is now expected to reach the Cincinnati area early Sunday, but that could change due to dynamic river conditions.
According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, low levels of butyl acrylate, as much as 4 parts per billion, have been detected in the Ohio River upstream of Cincinnati. Officials said it’s believed the chemical seeped into the river through a small creek about 300 miles north of Cincinnati.
Recent testing in areas of the river where butyl acrylate has been detected indicates its concentration is around 1 part per billion, officials have said. That’s far below the 560 parts per billion at which the chemical can cause negative health effects.No vinyl chloride, a chemical carried by several of the train cars which was intentionally burned to avoid an explosion, has been detected in the river, Ohio EPA officials said.
Governor DeWine said: “We do believe there is no reason to be concerned about water from the Ohio River, and there’s never really been a reason to be concerned.”
HAZARDOUS WASTE
In this video, hazardous waste expert Sil Caggiano says that Palestine, Ohio was essentially ‘nuked’ just to get a railway company back in service. He said that in his 39 years of experience, he never heard of blowing up train cars, dumping all the chemicals into a trench and lighting them on fire. It spread phosegenes, hydrogen chlorides and incomplete combustion products inside the plume. People were told to return home within a few days. And there was not testing!
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