Officials drink East Palestine water in effort to reassure public

[Joe Cool]

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/officials-ohio-derailment-health-fears/amp/

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (NewsNation) — Nearly three weeks after the train derailment in East Palestine, many residents remain skeptical about the safety of their drinking water.

Some believe the government’s response has been delayed and that reports of the initial water testing — upon which the decision to give the “all clear” was made — were in conjunction with and funded by Norfolk Southern.


The Feb. 3 derailment sent plumes of smoke from burning chemicals into the air and water. The Norfolk Southern train had 11 cars carrying hazardous chemicals, and officials intentionally released one chemical, vinyl chloride, to prevent an uncontrolled explosion.

[blm]

1. The 'government' involved with that 'all clear' was Ohio STATE govt

under the authority of a Republican governor.

[Joe Cool]

7. Read about it

https://www.wtae.com/article/pitt-expert-nothing-threatening-or-concerning-detected-in-epa-air-quality-readings/42831717

[onecaliberal]

2. They drank it once. They're also not bathing in it, or wearing clothing laundered in it.

They won’t be eating food from that soil, or breathe the air daily.

[Joe Cool]

5. FFS stop being a chicken little

https://www.wtae.com/article/pitt-expert-nothing-threatening-or-concerning-detected-in-epa-air-quality-readings/42831717

[ProfessorGAC]

9. I Disagree With One Thing In The Article

Phosgene, while a potential combustion product of vinyl chloride, given that it contains its own oxygen atom, combusts more efficiently and readily than an unsaturate like vinyl chloride. In fact, it's burn efficiency is such that it may steal O2 from the VC & prevent it from burning as the volume increases and things cool off.
The hydrogen chloride is a bigger concern in that it doesn't burn, and if the gets hot enough reacts with oxygen to form water & chlorine gas. The latter is certainly no better than HCl, probably worse.
But, i don't envision how there's any significant amount of phosgene present.
The rest of what the Pitt representative said, I buy.

[Buckeyeblue]

3. Isn't there a movie where government officials drink the water to assure people it's safe?

[BigmanPigman]

4. Erin Brochovich

Had a scene where Julia Roberts offers water from the tainted drinking water in CA to those who wouldn't take responsibility for the various health issues the community faced from PG&E's lies.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Brockovich_(film)

[Joe Cool]

6. Not the same thing

https://www.wtae.com/article/pitt-expert-nothing-threatening-or-concerning-detected-in-epa-air-quality-readings/42831717

[Rebl2]

8. I suggest

those officials be made to live there for the next two weeks and drink the water, shower in that water, breathe the air. Oh and meet with the citizens that live there every day for those two weeks.