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Ohio train crash unleashes local rage, suspicion over toxic chemicals
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2023/02/22 14:10:57
RESIDENTS of East Palestine, Ohio, were unnerved by a decision to burn vinyl chloride in five railcars three days after a Norfolk Southern derailment, causing a dramatic explosion and dark smoke and billowing flames, reported Bloomberg.
Authorities said they were forced into a controlled burn after pressure-release valves on the tank cars became clogged as the chemicals thickened, potentially causing uncontrolled ruptures that would have spewed chemicals and sharp metal in all directions.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) focus has been on the moments before the February 3 derailment, which forced 38 of the train's 150 cars off the track.
Residents have said corporate greed is taking precedence over rail safety. Others have accused the leftist federal government of downplaying the incident because of the town's conservative political leanings.
"The politicisation of the Covid response has unfortunately bled over into these other types of emergencies and disasters," said Jennifer Horney, a professor of epidemiology with the University of Delaware. "A disaster declaration should be free of partisanship."
(Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states and events in specified populations.)
Authorities said they were forced into a controlled burn after pressure-release valves on the tank cars became clogged as the chemicals thickened, potentially causing uncontrolled ruptures that would have spewed chemicals and sharp metal in all directions.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) focus has been on the moments before the February 3 derailment, which forced 38 of the train's 150 cars off the track.
Residents have said corporate greed is taking precedence over rail safety. Others have accused the leftist federal government of downplaying the incident because of the town's conservative political leanings.
"The politicisation of the Covid response has unfortunately bled over into these other types of emergencies and disasters," said Jennifer Horney, a professor of epidemiology with the University of Delaware. "A disaster declaration should be free of partisanship."
(Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states and events in specified populations.)