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A Town in Ohio Just Got Nuked, But Don't Worry
The Biden administration and state officials are reassuring residents in Ohio their air is safe to breathe after deadly chemicals were released into the air, surface soils, and water.
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The Biden administration and state officials are reassuring residents in eastern Ohio the air is safe to breathe after toxic cancer-causing chemicals were released into the air, surface soils, and water.
Apparently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is about as trustworthy as the CDC, said the air quality had been sampled multiple times in the region and found to be below “levels of concern.” One can only assume they either raised the “level of concern” or aren’t accurately reporting the results of their samples.
"U.S. EPA continues to conduct air monitoring throughout the East Palestine community," the EPA said in a statement Sunday. "Air monitoring since the fire went out has not detected any levels of concern in the community that can be attributed to the incident at this time."
What does “can be attributed to the incident at this time” mean exactly? Is this like when healthy athletes drop dead a few days after getting a COVID shot, and health officials say the athlete’s sudden heart condition couldn’t possibly be attributed to a vaccine known to cause heart damage?
According to news reports, a train on Feb. 3 carrying vinyl chloride derailed in Columbiana County, Ohio, located along the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. Shortly after the derailment, Norfolk Southern released deadly gas from the derailed cars to prevent a potentially disastrous explosion.
Authorities said that the fire was set as part of a “controlled release” to avoid an explosion, but local hazardous materials experts expressed reservations:
"We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open,” said materials expert Sil Caggiano. “I was surprised when they quickly told the people they could go back home."
According to a Feb. 10 memo from the EPA, it wasn’t just vinyl chloride that was released. Cars also carried ethylene glycol, mono butyl ether, Ethylhexyl acrylate, isobutylene, and butyl acrylate.
The burned gases have thus far been detected in multiple states and rivers—and more than 200 miles away. Do you know what hasn’t been detected? Climate activists.
Another thing that happens when vinyl chloride is burned is that it creates a byproduct called hydrogen chloride, which is unstable and latches onto water, including water vapor in the atmosphere. When it does, it creates hydrochloric acid. This means we potentially have hundreds of thousands of pounds of acid in the air, yet in a press release, Norfolk Southern claimed the burn was “successful.”
Professor Kevin Crist, director of Ohio University’s Air Quality Center, said that vinyl chloride is a carcinogen associated with cancer of the liver and other organs.
“Breathe those in under heavy concentrations, and it’s really bad for you,” Crist told ABC News. “It’s like an acid mist. It’s not something that you want to be around in high concentrations.”
What little you are hearing about this in the media are talking points from the company responsible for creating a devastating environmental disaster. The reality is that potentially millions of pounds of toxic chemicals were released into the atmosphere. Who wants to be on the hook for that?
According to WKBN, animals are getting sick and dying near the strain derailment site and chemical fire. Taylor Holzer, the owner of a farm close to the evacuation zone, told the news outlet several of his animals have become sick.
“Out of nowhere, he just started coughing really hard, just shut down, and he had liquid diarrhea and just went very fast,” Holzer said. “Smoke and chemicals from the train, that’s the only thing that can cause it, because it doesn’t just happen out of nowhere,” he added. “The chemicals that we’re being told are safe in the air, that’s definitely not safe for the animals … or people.”
Holzer said people’s pets are also dying. A nearby resident claimed some of her chickens died.
“My video camera footage shows my chickens were perfectly fine before they started this burn, and as soon as they started the burn, my chickens slowed down, and they died,” Amanda Breshears of North Lima, Ohio, told ABC27. “If it can do this to chickens in one night, imagine what it’s going to do to us in 20 years.”
Residents who were told it was safe to return to the area are also experiencing adverse health effects. Nobody has any idea what type of short or long-term health consequences will manifest from exposure to these chemicals, but you can almost be sure the harmful effects (and skyrocketing cancer rates) will be downplayed or entirely covered up.
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