> This is a total disaster that will impact the health of people in the area for generations. [citation needed]. Vinyl chloride breaks down quickly (especially

> This is a total disaster that will impact the health of people in the area for generations. [citation needed]. Vinyl chloride breaks down quickly (especially when it's all set on fire) and doesn't bio-accumulate. That's why the OSHA standards for it are for career-long exposure. Its byproducts are also pretty volatile and should burn through biology and dilute quickly. There's no 4-alarms here because it's not a 4-alarm situation. It's a disaster, but one of the more well-understood and easier-to-contain ones.