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There were no severe acute effects - there were no hospitalizations, the vast majority of the vinyl chloride was intentionally burned, and the little that remai
by xadhominemx 4y ago
There were no severe acute effects - there were no hospitalizations, the vast majority of the vinyl chloride was intentionally burned, and the little that remains has very low environmental or biological persistence.
- shadowgovt 4y agoAs is so often the case, people who fearmonger about what could happen fail to notice that the medical establishment keeps quite good records on what is happening. We'd know about the acute effects by now from hospitalization, and we generally know about the chronic effects in the environment because this isn't even the first vinyl chloride spill. Is Paulsboro, NJ currently a cancer hotbed? https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a8519/nj-train-accident-spills-vinyl-chloride-14801966/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a8519/n...
- xadhominemx 4y agoExactly! Vinyl Chloride is an extremely common and high volume industrial use chemical. If acute exposure could give you cancer, we’d have known decades ago.
- vGPU 4y agoYes, actually. Along with a ton of other medical irregularities. https://www.nj.gov/health/hcpnj/documents/county-reports/HCPNJ_fullreports/GLOUCESTER_PAULSBORO%20BORO.pdf https://www.nj.gov/health/hcpnj/documents/county-reports/HCP...
- justinclift 4y agoSkimming over that, irregularities aren't immediately standing out to me. What should we be looking for?