EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) -- It's been more than three weeks since the Norfolk Southern Railway train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, leaking dangerous chemicals into the air, soil and water.
Crews are continuing cleanup of the area where hazardous materials including vinyl chloride, ethyl acrylate and isobutylene may have escaped into the environment -- chemicals that are considered to be very toxic, possibly even carcinogenic with high exposures.
There is currently no evidence that exposure to any of these chemicals are linked to problems with growth, development or survival of the fetus in utero. "The dose makes the poison and so, if there's just a little bit in the air that children are breathing, then the exposure is very short-lived," he said."I would think that their risk of developing that kind of chronic disease as a result of that would be very, very slight."
"Any time we're in our house for longer than, say, 10 minutes, our chests are heavy, we get a headache. Nate has said that his nostrils burn," Beal told ABC News.Children, however, might be more affected by certain chemicals because of their smaller size and behaviors,
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