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KentSmashtacos t1_j9sku98 wrote

Most people think the war is the good fight, de-escalation and triage are bad words.

There's been an inundation of people repeating water fine, pgh is too far away, and ignoring the potential long-term effects of persistent toxins being deposited in the soil that feed the greater Pittsburgh area.

Good luck. We need better independent journalism in the US.

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SWPenn t1_j9t46du wrote

The Tribune-Review published an in-depth story on Wednesday about the air, soil and water implications of the derailment based on science and the geologic structure of this region.

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KentSmashtacos t1_j9t7jug wrote

They have only tested for compounds of direct combustion, as if the burnoff was done in a laboratory setting.

Please explain then about the lack of reporting on products of incomplete combustion formed under the presence of chlorine ions, namely the potential for dioxins, furans, and persistent toxins that could have been deposited in the soil anywhere downwind of the burnoff.

Water and air tests are ineffective at recording exactly what was released since "obviously" they are fluids. In a week, they're one place next week, they move downstream.

There hasn't been nearly enough transparency of data or proper sampling to come to any conclusions about the safety and what all byproducts have been produced. For all we know, this could have been the biggest dioxin release in recorded history(unlikely) , but due to lack of testing, nobody knows.

This introduces unnecessary uncertainty into the equation that should have been resolved by now with proper testing.

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ktxhopem3276 t1_j9u4fwl wrote

The toxins are going to be diluted over such a wide area that only a small five mile radius around the crash will be affected. It’s not like accidents like this have never happened before and we have a general idea what the impact will be. Compared to fracking, and the plastics factory in beaver, the toxins from t accident will be diluted below the background levels of pollution in the air every day.

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