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TarCalion313 t1_jcl70wa wrote

Ah, must be fake news... The company which let the train derail in the first place said everything is fine!

(/s, just in case, hope it's obvious enough...)

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MalcolmLinair t1_jclfme2 wrote

And the EPA, which clearly isn't in the pocket of big business and can be trusted to protect the public's interest!

(/s, to the power of infinity)

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KarlWeathers t1_jclr8gz wrote

The EPA isn't doing any current testing, they ordered Norfolk Southern to conduct testing. Norfolk Southern hired CTEH, to conduct this testing. CTEH is best known for the unaccountable testing they provided for during the Deepwater Horizon fiasco. Good thing regulators allow those responsible for these completely preventable tragedies to decide which corporate lapdog they want to determine the impacts of their failures. ^^/s

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BowzersMom t1_jcltdcx wrote

This particular report was commissioned by the state of Indiana in account of some of the contaminated soil from EP being disposed of there. However, it was only two samples of imprecise origin—location, depth unclear, and may have been diluted with other dirt.

Further testing is called for.

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leo_aureus t1_jcml1o7 wrote

Indiana, who on another thread in this sub, sells data from their own BMV

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Areshian t1_jcngr9u wrote

It seems everything is going according to plan

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pegothejerk t1_jclbl9h wrote

::fake sips water from the tap::

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008Zulu t1_jclue2a wrote

The CEO should eat the dirt to prove it's safe.

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Dieter_Knutsen t1_jcm88bs wrote

I have a better idea. Force him to eat the "safe" levels of dioxin in his food and water for the rest of his life. It's fine, right?

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Raspberries-Are-Evil t1_jcm7j3z wrote

The CEO should be arrested and put on trial for the amount of destruction he caused by cutting corners on safety to make more profit.

The company should be given the corporate death penalty and liquidated. The money should be put into a trust for all the future cancer treatment needed by the people.

There is a difference between an accident and criminal negligence. If the company can show they exceeded the regulations for safety and this was a fluke accident, that's one thing, but these mother fuckers gave MILLIONS to Republicans and they returned the favor in 2018 by removing safety regulations for them.

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Otto-Korrect t1_jcm5yft wrote

Even better, bury him under 6 feet of it and a demonstration of corporate responsibility.

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Otto-Korrect t1_jcm5jhk wrote

And the dioxin in the soil in that area is totally natural. It's been there for thousands of years! Very safe, too.

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TarCalion313 t1_jcnn41g wrote

Yet it would be better if they just use something different for a bit of change and not dioxin again...

looking over at Dow Chemicals

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