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I thought that was like a chemical sheen - another Tweet says it's caused by bacteria

 
www.foxnews.com

JD Vance challenges Biden's EPA admin to drink potentially contaminated Ohio water if he claims it's safe

Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance challenged EPA Administrator Michael Regan to drink the potentially contaminated water in East Palestine, Ohio, if he claims it's safe.
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Responding to a question from Fox News in East Palestine about whether he would like for Regan to try the town's tapwater, Vance likened the scenario to the film "Erin Brockovich," in which a law office employee uncovers that a large energy company has been contaminating the water of a local town and challenges an employee of the company to drink the contaminated water if it's been deemed safe.

"You know, it reminds me of that scene in ‘Erin Brockovich’ where she puts the water in front of them and says, ‘If you think it’s clean, we brought this water from the community that was affected.' Look, I think that if the EPA administrator wants to stand here and tell people that the tap water is safe, by all means, they should be willing to drink it."
 
anatta said:
I thought that was like a chemical sheen - another Tweet says it's caused by bacteria

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Joe doing anything yet? How about Dewine, anything? Let's get these people out and taken care of. Joe still has addressed the plight of the people in E Palestine.
 
anatta said:
www.foxnews.com

JD Vance challenges Biden's EPA admin to drink potentially contaminated Ohio water if he claims it's safe

Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance challenged EPA Administrator Michael Regan to drink the potentially contaminated water in East Palestine, Ohio, if he claims it's safe.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com
Responding to a question from Fox News in East Palestine about whether he would like for Regan to try the town's tapwater, Vance likened the scenario to the film "Erin Brockovich," in which a law office employee uncovers that a large energy company has been contaminating the water of a local town and challenges an employee of the company to drink the contaminated water if it's been deemed safe.

"You know, it reminds me of that scene in ‘Erin Brockovich’ where she puts the water in front of them and says, ‘If you think it’s clean, we brought this water from the community that was affected.' Look, I think that if the EPA administrator wants to stand here and tell people that the tap water is safe, by all means, they should be willing to drink it."
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Weren't the air and water test done by a private company paid by the railroad?
 
Integrityrespec said:
Weren't the air and water test done by a private company paid by the railroad?
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yes. paid by the railroad. Apparently the EPA still says the water is safe to drink (the Vance challenge).
There is a woman interviewed who threw that rock in the water and she is a single mom with 2 kids and no car.
how is she supposed to get bottled water? can they even bathe in it?

the other problem is no attempt is being made to clean up the contaminated soil that will leech into ground water
 
Integrityrespec said:
Joe doing anything yet? How about Dewine, anything? Let's get these people out and taken care of. Joe still has addressed the plight of the people in E Palestine.
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Why Joe?
 
Arlette said:
The color of neoliberalism
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Somebody needs to get some bottles from the creek and send to Joe, Dewine, Buttegieg, the railroad execs, EPA and anyone else who isn't doeing a thing to fix these peoples' lives.
 
Integrityrespec said:
Somebody needs to get some bottles from the creek and send to Joe, Dewine, Buttegieg, the railroad execs, EPA and anyone else who isn't doeing a thing to fix these peoples' lives.
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This gonna drag out for years. Better get used to it
 
Integrityrespec said:
Somebody needs to get some bottles from the creek and send to Joe, Dewine, Buttegieg, the railroad execs, EPA and anyone else who isn't doeing a thing to fix these peoples' lives.
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Look at that creek. Do you honestly think it was the source of town's water before the accident?
 
anatta said:
I thought that was like a chemical sheen - another Tweet says it's caused by bacteria

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That creek isn’t groundwater.

What is groundwater? | U.S. Geological Survey

Groundwater is water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface. The upper surface of the saturated zone is called the water table. Contrary to popular belief, groundwater does not form underground rivers. It fills the pores and fractures in underground materials such...
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I do think they should do everything they can. We had a similar accident in Tuscon this month but they seemed to have done a better job at containment.

The odd thing is, Republicans are also to blame for pulling safety regulations. Trump got rid of hundreds of safety regulations as president. Air, water, our food. They should "all" be "fixing" it, and making sure it doesn't happen in the future.

Priorities people!
 
ttwtt78640 said:
That creek isn’t groundwater.

What is groundwater? | U.S. Geological Survey

Groundwater is water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface. The upper surface of the saturated zone is called the water table. Contrary to popular belief, groundwater does not form underground rivers. It fills the pores and fractures in underground materials such...
www.usgs.gov www.usgs.gov
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ya/ so what. it will leech into groundwater if they dont get the contaminated soil removed
 
burning the vinyl chloride released other carcinogens
trulaw.com

The Dangers of Vinyl Chloride, Phosgene, and Dioxins

Vinyl chloride is a colorless gas with a faintly sweet odor. It is used to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC), which is used in a wide range of products, including credit cards, furniture, car parts, and most notably, PVC piping. A recent train derailment in East […]
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When vinyl chloride burns, it releases hazardous chemicals such as phosgene and hydrogen chloride into the air
 
this railroad has been derailing at alarming frequency -what happened to the infrastructure money?
I guess it all went for green nonsense instead of actual infrastructure
 
anatta said:
this railroad has been derailing at alarming frequency -what happened to the infrastructure money?
I guess it all went for green nonsense instead of actual infrastructure
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The NTSB's investigation is not yet complete, but early signs suggest that a faulty wheel bearing on one rail car may have caused the derailment, the board said.

Surveillance video from a home near the crash site recorded "what appears to be a wheel bearing in the final stage of overheat failure moments before the derailment,"
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Arlette said:
So DeWine has declared East Palestine as a disaster area which is the first step in getting the process rolling? Is that right?
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Is it not a fact that Sherrod Brown urged DeWine in a letter to declare East Palestine officially as a disaster area?

What's the matter with the governor of Ohio?
 
That's the slowest moving "creek" I've ever seen. Looks more like a ditch after heavy rain.
 
I am as big a Mayor Pete apologist as you will meet, but the fact that another week has gone by without at least doing a much better job of communicating with the public is unacceptable.

There are many problems with the railroads, and whose fault that is has nothing to do with the government immediate responsibility to the people experiencing the disaster.
 
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