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THREAD: Photos, videos, and news reports about the train derailment and toxic chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio.

This may be the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history.

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#2 You are looking at a toxic cocktail of deadly chemicals purposefully being burned off in East Palestine after a train derailment.

Authorities burned off vinyl chloride, which is toxic & carcinogenic, and released harmful & dangerous hydrogen chloride & phosgene into the air.
#3 Phosgene is a highly toxic, colorless gas with a strong odor that causes vomiting & breathing trouble & it was used as a chemical weapon in World War I.

Hydrogen chloride is a colorless to yellowish gas with a strong odor, that causes skin, eye, nose, and throat irritation.
#4 Wisconsin Department of Health:

“Exposure to vinyl chloride can affect a person’s liver, kidney, lung, spleen, nervous system and blood."

“Human and animal studies show higher rates of liver, lung and several other types of cancer."

dhs.wisconsin.gov/chemical/vc.ht… Image
#5 The vinyl chloride burn occurred near the Ohio River which flows directly into the Mississippi River.

Thousands of farms may be affected by this. ImageImageImageImage
#6 The EPA sent a letter to the rail company, stating that ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethlyhexyl acrylate, & isobutylene were also in the rail cars.

“We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open.”

wkbn.com/news/local-new…
#7 Amanda Breshears found her chickens dead ten miles from East Palestine.

“As soon as they started the burn, my chickens slowed down and they died."

“If it can do this to chickens in one night, imagine what it’s going to do to us in 20 years.”

wkbn.com/news/local-new…
#8 There are reports of dead fish in rivers and creeks 5 miles away from the train derailment.

cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/vid…
#9 Dead fish in Leslie Run coming out of East Palestine, Ohio.
#10 Taylor Holzer, a fox-keeper, just outside of the evacuation zone, says one of his foxes died, and all have been acting sick since the vinyl chloride burn.

“The chemicals we’re being told are safe... are definitely not safe for animals… or people.”

wkbn.com/news/local-new…
#11 The top 10 railroad owners of the Norfolk Southern Corp include:

Vanguard
JPMorgan
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#12 The East Palestine, Ohio, toxic chemical burn may be the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history.
#13 A former resident of East Palestine says "it is so much worse" than the media tells us.

"The water has been contaminated. The soil is contaminated. The f---in air is contaminated."
#14 Three new dangerous chemicals were found on the train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio:

•ethylene glycol mono butyl ether
•ethlyhexyl acrylate
•isobutylene

#15 Netflix recently released a film called White Noise about a train derailment of toxic chemicals causing a massive explosion and deadly event in East Palestine, Ohio.

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#16 The CDC's Medical Management Guidelines for Vinyl Chloride:

•Health Effects
•Routes of Exposure
•Patient Information Sheet
•Prehospital Management

wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/MMG/MMGDet… ImageImageImageImage
#17 Video shows sparks or flames 20 miles before train derailment in East Palestine:

"We have obtained two videos which show preliminary indications of mechanical issues on one of the rail car axles."

cbsnews.com/news/ohio-trai…
#18 Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), with total assets worth $38 billion in 2020, operates the railway that caused the toxic chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio.

Last Monday, the company made a $25,000 donation to assist evacuating residents.

qz.com/norfolk-southe…
#19 Norfolk Southern Corporation manages 19,420 route miles in 22 eastern states and the District of Columbia and has rights in Canada over the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Albany to Montréal route.

Around 6% of its deliveries are chemicals. Image
#20 A Facebook update yesterday from a Darlington, Pennsylvania kennel owner says after 20 minutes outside they had "horrible headaches, runny noses, burning and swollen eyes, pulsations within the eye sockets, itchy throat, and coughing."

After facebook.com/vonschwarzdobe…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
#21 The EPA's liability letter sent to Norfolk Southern Railway Company on Feb 10th:

"Cars containing vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, Ethylhexyl acrylate, and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether are known to have been and continue to be released to the air, epaosc.org/sites/15933/fi…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImage
#22 The EPA released a manifest last night from Norfolk Southern summarizing more chemicals that were released in East Palestine, Ohio:

•Three cars of Diethylene Glycol
•One car of Polypropyl Gylcol
•One car of Propylene Glycol
•Two cars of epaosc.org/sites/15933/fi…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#23 Norfolk Southern Railroad pulled 180,000 gallons of "oil and water" from the East Palestine train derailment site.

The company issued a remediation plan to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency on Monday detailing its recovery efforts.

•Sampled cincinnati.com/story/news/202…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#24 Hazmat specialist is concerned authorities aren't testing for phosgene, hydrogen chloride, and dioxins in East Palestine, Ohio.

"Phosgene takes a special photo-ionization lamp or a special meter... What are they checking for? They only give lists of what they have found.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#25 Taylor Holzer, a fox-keeper in East Palestine, Ohio, says several foxes he keeps on his property became mortally ill.

“Norfolk Southern Corp can't get away with what they have done. Kirin is dead. The rest of my foxes are suffering.”

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#26 A resident scoops up dead fish and frogs 4 miles south of the train derailment and toxic chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio.

"In a single dip of my net, I collected nearly two dozen dead (or near dead) aquatic animals."

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#27 Mother talks about her 9-year-old asthmatic son's reaction to toxic chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio:

"He was projectile vomiting across the floor out of nowhere...he was shaking, begging for water, he said he couldn't breathe... he broke out … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#28 Katlyn Schwarzwaelder tells Glenn Beck four of her dogs were projectile vomiting, her eyes and throat get itchy and burn when she visits her home, and she plans to abandon East Palestine forever because of her long-term health concerns:

"I had four … twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#29 BREAKING: East Palestine toxicology test relies on a controversial consulting firm accused of serving corporate interest rather than public health.

The Norfolk Southern contractor has already persuaded 340 residents to sign away their legal rights.

kanekoa.substack.com/p/east-palesti…
#30 CTEH, a private contractor hired by Norfolk Southern to test water, soil, and air quality in East Palestine, Ohio, has a history of minimizing the effects of environmental disasters to satisfy its corporate employers.

After a million gallons of oil kanekoa.substack.com/p/east-palesti…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
#31 CTEH's work for BP in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, for example, drew accusations of the “fox guarding the chicken coop” from the New York Times:

"As BP continues to claim that the leaking oil has caused "no significant kanekoa.substack.com/p/east-palesti…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#32 In 2010, Congressional Democrats pressured BP to fire the toxicology testing company used by Norfolk Southern and the EPA in East Palestine, Ohio.

The lawmakers claimed the company had a “long pattern of tainted results,” prioritizing corporate interests over public health. Image
#33 In 2005, a train operated by Norfolk Southern derailed in Graniteville, South Carolina, releasing chlorine and forcing 5,400 residents to evacuate their homes.

Some residents signed settlement agreements with the company, which waived their augustachronicle.com/story/news/200…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#34 Katlyn Schwarzwaelder tells Glenn Beck the lab responsible for testing in the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern train crash is not truly independent, as it works for the railway company.

Additionally, over 340 residents have reportedly signed kanekoa.substack.com/p/east-palesti…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#35 Jesse Waters - 'Ohio town is abandoned'

"I've been sick with upper congestion. This morning I woke up with my eye swollen. My kids keep breaking out in rashes. I have experienced headaches and coughing. Sore throat and headaches."

"Aren't these the same people who told us… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#36 Norfolk Southern has employed the for-profit company CTEH for toxicology monitoring following train derailments and chemical spills on at least four separate occasions:

•South Carolina 2005
•Kentucky 2012
•Georgia 2019
•Ohio 2023

"In 2010, wrdw.com/content/news/N…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#37 Katlyn Schwarzwaelder of East Palestine displays the green water she retrieved from her property following the toxic chemical release.

Norfolk Southern claims their hired toxicologist, CTEH, "accidentally" asked her to sign a hold harmless agreement in exchange for testing.

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