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There's a small amount of phosgene, but mostly nothing worse than when they started (which are fairly nasty). Lot's of CO and CO2, but it's the liquid runoff th
by kurthr 4y ago
There's a small amount of phosgene, but mostly nothing worse than when they started (which are fairly nasty). Lot's of CO and CO2, but it's the liquid runoff that's more concerning. It'll be a haz-waste site for decades.
- mcguire 4y agoAnd hydrogen chloride.
- shadowgovt 4y agoVinyl chloride degrades in air 99% in 100 days and doesn't bio-accumulate. It'll be a source of 14-CO2 for about a year, tops.
- kurthr 4y agoIt's the stuff that's subsurface (ground water?) that'll last. Agree, that if it's exposed to air and sunlight it won't last long... too reactive.
- shadowgovt 4y agoIt doesn't appear vinyl chloride wants to stay in water, based on the numbers I'm seeing (https://semspub.epa.gov/work/05/437069.pdf https://semspub.epa.gov/work/05/437069.pdf). The instances of vinyl chloride contamination tend to be from an actively-producing source, like a plant with a leak. Spilled on the ground and absorbed into water, it should evaporate into gaseous form in a matter of hours.