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NEW: Acrylate Water Safety Emergency Hits Philly; Residents Scramble for Bottled Water #Philadelphia #water #pollution
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Philadelphia authorities warned the city water supply could be endangered -- people started stocking up on water within minutes.

A warm & sunny Sunday afternoon was suddenly interrupted by an emergency phone alert:
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Philadelphia authorities warned the city water supply could be endangered & everyone should cease using drinking water after 2 p.m.
City map showed most areas "potentially impacted"

Within minutes, people headed to grocery, corner and beer stores to grab water jugs and bottles. By 4 p.m. a couple stores Unicorn Riot checked were mostly picked over.

https://twitter.com/UR_Ninja/status/1640067350375419904

City authorities warned at a Sunday morning news conference that ethyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate and butyl acrylate spilled into Otter Creek from a pipe rupture at the Trinseo PLC chemical plant near the Delaware River late Friday night.

The Samuel S. Baxter Water Treatment Plant along the Delaware River has reportedly closed its intakes, and as of 5:30 p.m., city authorities said that the city water supply was still safe to drink. The Philadelphia Water Department advised it is safe to store tap water through… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Butyl acrylate thus threatened to contaminate Philly's drinking water.
Alarmingly, butyl acrylate was also released in the recent #EastPalestine, Ohio chemical disaster (EPA files list butyl and other acrylates there).
Our Feb report: unicornriot.ninja/2023/like-the-…

A video clip on @6abc included the disturbing claim that: #EastPalestine disaster still slows operations: “It took us a little while to gather the resources as the Ohio incident is still draining a lot of resources regionally,” said Samuel Manka, a US Coast Guard marine science… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

@6abc An city update around 5:15 p.m. Sunday: the intake at Baxter facility had been open as late as 5 a.m. that morning, and they will have to open the intake again late on Sunday, or risk damaging equipment if it runs dry.

@6abc Further city updates are available via phila.gov, water.phila.gov, @philaOEM and @phillyh2o on Twitter.
City incident home page: phila.gov/2023-03-26-cit…

@6abc @PhilaOEM @PhillyH2O Ethyl acrylate is considered a health hazard. According to the National Library of Medicine, “The International Agency for Research on Cancer stated, Overall evaluation, Ethyl acrylate is possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B).” #philadelphia #water

@6abc @PhilaOEM @PhillyH2O Butyl acrylate is considered harmful in the workplace above 10 parts per million (10 ppm) per CDC.gov. Methyl methacrylate (MMA) is a “monomer of acrylic resin” which is not considered carcinogenic in normal circumstances, but can have negative health effects.

@6abc @PhilaOEM @PhillyH2O Aside from the East Palestine chemical fallout that spread from Ohio, Pennsylvania continues to suffer industrial disasters and controlled toxic release conditions. unicornriot.ninja/2023/like-the-… (Feb report)

@6abc @PhilaOEM @PhillyH2O The most recent industrial disaster in #Pennsylvania: At least five people were killed and two still missing in West Reading, after a chocolate candy factory exploded on Friday. [Video: explosion]

@6abc @PhilaOEM @PhillyH2O On Saturday, the Shell oil company announced that their major new ethane cracker plant was firing off an “elevated flare for a period of time.” ( Beaver County, Potter Township )
Dramatic burnoff sessions have continued since the plant's recent launch:

https://twitter.com/onlyone/status/1638925042200510464

@6abc @PhilaOEM @PhillyH2O The #Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection monitors the Shell Petrochemicals Complex in Beaver County, Potter Township.
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The most recent violation notice was on February 13, 2023. Beaver County an impacted area in #EastPalestine disaster.

@6abc @PhilaOEM @PhillyH2O unicornriot.ninja/2023/acrylate-…
Today's report --
Acrylate Water Safety Emergency Hits Philly; Residents Scramble for Bottled Water
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A few people have mentioned purchasing water jugs in Philly yesterday that were subject to recall because they were considered contaminated from the #eastpalestine disaster, including @magghart

https://twitter.com/magghart/status/1640337179590242305

@magghart ICYMI: For several hours yesterday #Philadelphia residents were warned not to drink tap water. Full story:
Acrylate Water Safety Emergency Hits Philly; Residents Scramble for Bottled Water
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@magghart Latest on #Philadelphia water safety emergency - Baxter plant still not cleared after midnight yet.
water.phila.gov/drops/phila-wa…

https://twitter.com/PhillyH2O/status/1640375701189668864

1:30PM statement from city water dept > @PhillyH2O - additional info expected around 5 p.m.
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@magghart @PhillyH2O Latest: Philadelphia water authorities are giving a briefing now - Baxter plant safety assurance extended to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday March 28- live city video stream: facebook.com/cityofphiladel…
Update:

https://twitter.com/PhillyH2O/status/1640461800406675456