Peng Gao, assistant professor of environmental and occupational health at the University of Pittsburgh, said there was a “high chance” dioxins and other harmful toxins were produced in the fire. Scientists, however, say it’s likely there was at least some dioxin produced by the fire. The EPA has maintained there is a “low probability” of this happening, based on its sampling for “indicator chemicals” that it says would signal the presence of dioxins in East Palestine. Burning chemicals with chlorine in them, like vinyl chloride, can create dioxins–toxic chemicals that can linger in the environment for years. It may have also created another problem. It would also prevent the vinyl chloride, a known human carcinogen, from spilling onto the ground. The company said that would prevent a ‘catastrophic’ explosion of the tank cars. On Monday, February 6 Norfolk Southern decided to burn the contents of five derailed tankers of vinyl chloride. Could dioxins be in the soil after the East Palestine train derailment? Experts weigh in.After community pressure, EPA orders Norfolk Southern to test for dioxins.When they evacuated that weekend, their cat got spooked and hid they had to leave him in the house. And then I said, ‘Oh, no, that is not good.’” “Vinyl flooring…I’ve seen it burn,” he said. Nelson heard that night they were carrying ‘vinyl flooring’ – that didn’t seem so bad. They weren’t thinking about what was in some of those tank cars. She and her husband, Nelson, were mainly worried about casualties from the derailment–luckily there were no injuries. “You don’t want to watch, but you can’t help but watch.” LISTEN to the story “It was almost like if you pass by a really, really bad accident or like a big tanker that spilled in the middle of the freeway,” she said. It was a Friday night, February 3, and she’d just gotten home from work, at the Family Dollar in the middle of town. From a window in her house, Tamara Freeze stood and watched a fire spreading along a line of train cars across the street from her house in East Palestine, Ohio.
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