THOUGHTS? 19 Investigates spoke with an environmental engineer who wants to know more, so we can have a better idea of the current and long-term health risks.
“Anytime an industrial chemical or in this case at least 16 different chemicals with many other materials enters the environment, it’s never a good thing,” said Andrew Whelton, aWe asked him if he agrees with the assessment that it’s safe for people to go back to their homes.He said officials may have missed some testing opportunities in the beginning of this disaster.
“So they missed things, which is typical, and now they have to be very specific about what their data say and doesn’t say,” he said. We do know the train carried vinyl chloride, a cancer-causing substance that was ignited during a controlled burn to prevent an explosion. “When you burn all that material it transforms into a whole bunch of different chemicals. So you need to really know what those combustion products are so that you can do the correct testing to know what’s in the environment that could hurt people,” Whelton said.He also said it has been unclear exactly what officials are testing for.
“To make long-term decisions, you need to have all the data and it’s unclear to me if they’ve collected the data and they just haven’t shared it with the public or they actually haven’t thought about some of these things,” he said.The Ohio EPA said it’s confident the municipal water is safe to drink, after they did not detect contaminants.
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