Unsurprisingly, nobody wants the waste from #EastPalestine ... a 🧵reuters.com/world/us/epa-t…
Nearly 7 million gallons of waste water and 9.2 million pounds of soil and solid waste have been shipped off site. ema.ohio.gov/media-publicat…
another 53 million pounds of soil are piled up, and urgently need to be out of town, where residents still suffer from headaches, "burning of the skin", respiratory issues, and anxiety. ema.ohio.gov/media-publicat…
the history of hazardous waste disposal is a history of failure. Both the Heritage incinerator, in nearby East Liverpool and landfills in Detroit are legendary for leaks, explosions and operating out of compliance with permits.
A deep well injection site in Houston has accepted billions of gallons of hazardous liquids which they assure us will be safely contained for "hundreds if not thousand of years." abc13.com/ohio-train-der…
at @sierraclub we take the long view, and see that efforts to protect our local communities too often push noxious waste to less organized, more marginalized places.
@SierraClub That means we simply have to stop making so many poisons, need better options for destroying toxic waste-that are a contained systems and located away from historically-burdened communities
@SierraClub Christy McGillvray says -The real solution is to stop making toxic chemicals that cannot be transported or disposed of safely. Regardless of appropriate oversight, the end result is that shareholders profit while we are left choosing which community we are going to sacrifice.
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