Vinyl chloride is not only flammable, but it's also a brain, lung, blood, and liver carcinogen. Authorities decided to burn hundreds of thousands of gallons of this chemical after a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.

But it’s gotten almost no national news coverage…

I'm pretty much at the point of "Fuck the balloons." We are our own worst enemies.

#derailment

The East Palestine railway disaster has spilled several highly toxic chemicals into the Ohio River which connects directly to the Mississippi. Wildlife in waterways over 2 miles from the spill have died. Construction crews simply covered some parts of the spill without completely cleaning the chemicals, which estimates to have penetrated as deep as 150ft in the ground.

#derailment

The following chemicals have been spilled into the Ohio river and are flowing southward:

1. Vinyl Chloride
2. Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl
3. Ethylhexyl Acrylate
4. Isobutylene
5. Butyl Acrylates

#derailment

The Ohio River flows southwesterly to the MS and from there hits several states. The following states are expected to have compromised water:

Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia

#derailment

After the derailment, federal and local officials repeatedly told residents that the air quality was safe and that the water supply was untainted.

But more than a week after the Norfolk Southern train derailed — leading authorities to release a toxic plume — residents told The Post that they had yet to see a full list of the chemicals that were aboard the train when it lost its course.

https://archive.ph/4bmNB

#derailment

Molly Jong-Fast

The Palestine wreck is the tip of the iceberg and a red flag,” said Kaminkow, who is secretary for the Railroad Workers United, a non-profit labor group that coordinates with the nation’s rail unions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/ohio-train-derailment-wake-up-call

#derailment

Erin Brocovich

I’m trying to gather information on this very serious situation in Ohio involving a train derailment with hazardous chemicals.

What I will say is this. Trust your eyes, ears and nose and get the hell out of there if your senses are telling you too.

#derailment

Railroads lobbied for the right to carry hazardous & flammable materials on trains with Civil War-era braking systems, while slashing their workforces by 30%, leaving employees exhausted & rails understaffed...

Fast forward to 2023, East Palestine, Ohio

https://www.levernews.com/rail-companies-blocked-safety-rules-before-ohio-derailment/

Y'all ready for this? #derailment

Norfolk Southern is giving $25,000 to an Ohio town where it caused a life-or-death evacuation.

On Feb. 6, an apocalyptic plume of gas rose over the village of East Palestine, Ohio, blotting out the sky. Norfolk Southern, the US railway company responsible for the toxic spew of vinyl chloride, has now offered a $25,000 donation to assist the area’s nearly 5,000 residents

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/norfolk-southern-giving-25-000-200000640.html

But wait, there's more! #derailment

You'll love this, they gave themselves $10 Billion last year while knowingly running hazmat through our neighborhoods on civil war era technology instead of investing in safer equipment. They are absolutely liable, and need to be held accountable.

http://www.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/news/norfolk-southern-announces-new--10-billion-stock-repurchase-prog.html

History #derailment Our no shit moment for today.

We can just be honest, it was the Trump Administration. They sided with the rail industry and bowed to lobbying efforts to remove the requirement to overhaul the braking systems on freight rail carrying oil/hazardous chemicals.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-rolls-back-train-braking-002105066.html

Erin Brockovich

Doing better than your predecessor, is not doing enough.

The Biden administration needs to get more involved in this #PalestineOhio train #derailment now.

We are counting on you to break the chain of administration after administration to turn a blind eye.

STEP UP NOW.

Erin Brockovich
@ErinBrockovich

Everyone of these disasters underscores the need for a massive overhaul of how we do business & how we respect nature.

This isn't about the fucking spotted owl, this is about families. But yea lets keep arguing about gas stoves & halftime shows. #PalestineOhio #derailment

Erin Brockovich
@ErinBrockovich

DeWine said President Biden as well as senators and representatives from Ohio have been reaching out to offer help. But he said he doesn’t feel further assistance is needed now. #derailment

https://www.wyso.org/2023-02-14/ohio-officials-say-air-quality-in-east-palestine-is-fine-but-not-to-drink-the-water

I needed Seth today. This is good.

https://youtu.be/erC513Kex_g

Trae Crowder on Big Train.

https://youtu.be/_5KexY095Rw

#derailment seems to be the norm.

@Jezibaba chemical explosion.

@Jezibaba my kid is in Pittsburgh and super pissed

@SaltyVeruca mine is too! I want him home.. now.

@Jezibaba I also read that local "authorities" claim it is not a threat to nearby people. 😡 I'd have been long gone outta there, but so many don't have the resources to do so.

@BlueStateBabe Lying liars lying.

@Jezibaba Whooole lotta people downstream, holy s**t, how many will die from this completely avoidable cluster f***?

@Jezibaba
Ya when the World Trade Center was emitting highly toxic plumes for months, EPA said it was all good.

@GreenCheese For the EPA to be saying this kind of stuff early on is ridiculous.

@Jezibaba this is…catastrophic isn’t even enough to describe this.

@C_H_Antony It reminds me of the Deepwater Horizon, only on land.

@Jezibaba 25k won't touch it.

@MrGoat Gonna need a bunch of zeros on the end of that.

@Jezibaba my prediction is that the first lawsuit will be 6 digits at least

@Jezibaba , adding insult to injury. 🤬

@LadyZurk absolutely

@Jezibaba this is really concerning. this is the shit that scotus wanted to impede epa's already weak regulations even further, right?

we can't live w/o water, air, & food. this will affect all 3 critically for human (& other species habitat) for decades to come.

then peeps will be screaming about the cancer rates & mysterious illnesses. & all the big biz will leave blameless.

last verse same as first. we never seem to learn, do we?

@singlemaltgirl You are not wrong. Last verse same as the first verse, only worse.

@Jezibaba 😩

@Jezibaba Thanks for your posts.

@Jezibaba

if journalists are getting arrested for reporting on this, it is another emergency on top of the emergency and also needs to get exposed ASAP. 🚨

#journalism #democracy