THREAD: Photos, videos, and news reports about the train derailment and toxic chemical release in East Palestine,…

THREAD: Photos, videos, and news reports about the train derailment and toxic chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio. This may be the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history. 🧵👇

#2 You are looking at a toxic cocktail of deadly chemicals purposefully being burned off in East Palestine after a train derailment. Authorities burned off vinyl chloride, which is toxic & carcinogenic, and released harmful & dangerous hydrogen chloride & phosgene into the air.

#3 Phosgene is a highly toxic, colorless gas with a strong odor that causes vomiting & breathing trouble & it was used as a chemical weapon in World War I. Hydrogen chloride is a colorless to yellowish gas with a strong odor, that causes skin, eye, nose, and throat irritation.

#4 Wisconsin Department of Health: “Exposure to vinyl chloride can affect a person’s liver, kidney, lung, spleen, nervous system and blood." “Human and animal studies show higher rates of liver, lung and several other types of cancer." dhs.wisconsin.gov/chemical/vc.ht…

#5 The vinyl chloride burn occurred near the Ohio River which flows directly into the Mississippi River. Thousands of farms may be affected by this.

#6 The EPA sent a letter to the rail company, stating that ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethlyhexyl acrylate, & isobutylene were also in the rail cars. “We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open.” wkbn.com/news/local-new…

#7 Amanda Breshears found her chickens dead ten miles from East Palestine. “As soon as they started the burn, my chickens slowed down and they died." “If it can do this to chickens in one night, imagine what it’s going to do to us in 20 years.” wkbn.com/news/local-new…

#8 There are reports of dead fish in rivers and creeks 5 miles away from the train derailment. cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/vid…

#9 Dead fish in Leslie Run coming out of East Palestine, Ohio.

#10 Taylor Holzer, a fox-keeper, just outside of the evacuation zone, says one of his foxes died, and all have been acting sick since the vinyl chloride burn. “The chemicals we’re being told are safe... are definitely not safe for animals… or people.” wkbn.com/news/local-new…

#11 The top 10 railroad owners of the Norfolk Southern Corp include: Vanguard JPMorgan BlackRock

#12 The East Palestine, Ohio, toxic chemical burn may be the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history.

#13 A former resident of East Palestine says "it is so much worse" than the media tells us. "The water has been contaminated. The soil is contaminated. The f---in air is contaminated."

#14 Three new dangerous chemicals were found on the train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio: •ethylene glycol mono butyl ether •ethlyhexyl acrylate •isobutylene

Citizen Free Press@CitizenFreePres · Feb 13, 2023

Three new dangerous chemicals were found on the train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio: "We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open... I was surprised when they quickly told the people they could go back home."

#15 Netflix recently released a film called White Noise about a train derailment of toxic chemicals causing a massive explosion and deadly event in East Palestine, Ohio. x.com/unhealthytruth…

#16 The CDC's Medical Management Guidelines for Vinyl Chloride: •Health Effects •Routes of Exposure •Patient Information Sheet •Prehospital Management wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/MMG/MMGDet…

#17 Video shows sparks or flames 20 miles before train derailment in East Palestine: "We have obtained two videos which show preliminary indications of mechanical issues on one of the rail car axles." cbsnews.com/news/ohio-trai…

#18 Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC), with total assets worth $38 billion in 2020, operates the railway that caused the toxic chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio. Last Monday, the company made a $25,000 donation to assist evacuating residents. qz.com/norfolk-southe…

#19 Norfolk Southern Corporation manages 19,420 route miles in 22 eastern states and the District of Columbia and has rights in Canada over the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Albany to Montréal route. Around 6% of its deliveries are chemicals.

#20 A Facebook update yesterday from a Darlington, Pennsylvania kennel owner says after 20 minutes outside they had "horrible headaches, runny noses, burning and swollen eyes, pulsations within the eye sockets, itchy throat, and coughing." After evacuating 30 dogs and 9 horses, the owners are "staying evacuated until independent testing of our air, soil, and well water are tested and deemed safe." facebook.com/vonschwarzdobe…

#21 The EPA's liability letter sent to Norfolk Southern Railway Company on Feb 10th: "Cars containing vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, Ethylhexyl acrylate, and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether are known to have been and continue to be released to the air, surface soils, and surface waters." "EPA has determined Norfolk Southern Railway Company may be responsible under CERCLA for cleanup..." epaosc.org/sites/15933/fi…

#22 The EPA released a manifest last night from Norfolk Southern summarizing more chemicals that were released in East Palestine, Ohio: •Three cars of Diethylene Glycol •One car of Polypropyl Gylcol •One car of Propylene Glycol •Two cars of Polyethylene •Two cars of Polyvinyl •Five cars of Petroleum epaosc.org/sites/15933/fi…

#23 Norfolk Southern Railroad pulled 180,000 gallons of "oil and water" from the East Palestine train derailment site. The company issued a remediation plan to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency on Monday detailing its recovery efforts. •Sampled surface water and water from storm sewers •Completed over 300 in-home air tests with the EPA •Sampled the village's drinking water system and private wells From here, the company plans to install an undetermined number of wells to test groundwater and treat it if necessary. Officials will also sample soil in key areas. cincinnati.com/story/news/202…

#24 Hazmat specialist is concerned authorities aren't testing for phosgene, hydrogen chloride, and dioxins in East Palestine, Ohio. "Phosgene takes a special photo-ionization lamp or a special meter... What are they checking for? They only give lists of what they have found. They are not telling you what they are checking for." "Norfolk Southern checking your house out is like the fox guarding the hen house... You don't know the long-term health effects."

#25 Taylor Holzer, a fox-keeper in East Palestine, Ohio, says several foxes he keeps on his property became mortally ill. “Norfolk Southern Corp can't get away with what they have done. Kirin is dead. The rest of my foxes are suffering.”

KanekoaTheGreat@KanekoaTheGreat · Feb 13, 2023

#10 Taylor Holzer, a fox-keeper, just outside of the evacuation zone, says one of his foxes died, and all have been acting sick since the vinyl chloride burn. “The chemicals we’re being told are safe... are definitely not safe for animals… or people.” wkbn.com/news/local-new…

#26 A resident scoops up dead fish and frogs 4 miles south of the train derailment and toxic chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio. "In a single dip of my net, I collected nearly two dozen dead (or near dead) aquatic animals."

KanekoaTheGreat@KanekoaTheGreat · Feb 13, 2023

#8 There are reports of dead fish in rivers and creeks 5 miles away from the train derailment. cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/vid…

#27 Mother talks about her 9-year-old asthmatic son's reaction to toxic chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio: "He was projectile vomiting across the floor out of nowhere...he was shaking, begging for water, he said he couldn't breathe... he broke out with some rashes—I'm terrified to go back." @StatusCoup youtube.com/watch?v=Khwmpi…

#28 Katlyn Schwarzwaelder tells Glenn Beck four of her dogs were projectile vomiting, her eyes and throat get itchy and burn when she visits her home, and she plans to abandon East Palestine forever because of her long-term health concerns: "I had four dogs needing emergency veterinarian services because they were projectile vomiting and very lethargic." "Going back is extremely uncomfortable, there are physical symptoms every time, from itchy burning, watery eyes, itchy burning throat, coughing, and a weird sensation like your eyes pulsating like a heartbeat." "The media is not appropriately displaying that people aren't returning. Some people who didn't have the financial means to stay away any longer came back, but any body who had an option did not go back." "The vinyl chloride is like water and travels through the ground and soil like water... It takes time for this stuff to travel through the ground... These levels could be astronomic in four, five, or six months from now." @glennbeck youtube.com/watch?v=BQ2dV7…

#29 BREAKING: East Palestine toxicology test relies on a controversial consulting firm accused of serving corporate interest rather than public health. The Norfolk Southern contractor has already persuaded 340 residents to sign away their legal rights. kanekoa.substack.com/p/east-palesti…

#30 CTEH, a private contractor hired by Norfolk Southern to test water, soil, and air quality in East Palestine, Ohio, has a history of minimizing the effects of environmental disasters to satisfy its corporate employers. After a million gallons of oil spilled on a Louisiana town in 2005, after a flood of toxic coal ash smothered central Tennessee in 2008, and after defective Chinese drywall began plaguing Florida homeowners, CTEH was on the scene — saying everything was fine. In each of these cases, the controversial consulting firm was alleged to be supplying the data its employers wanted while falsely assuring the public that they were safe from harm. kanekoa.substack.com/p/east-palesti…

#31 CTEH's work for BP in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, for example, drew accusations of the “fox guarding the chicken coop” from the New York Times: "As BP continues to claim that the leaking oil has caused "no significant exposures," despite the hospitalization of several workers and the sparse release of test data, these observers of CTEH's work say the firm has a vested interest in finding a clean bill of health to satisfy its corporate employer." "It's essentially the fox guarding the chicken coop," said Nicholas Cheremisinoff, a former Exxon chemical engineer who now consults on pollution prevention. "There is a huge incentive for them to under-report" the size of the spill, Cheremisinoff added, and "the same thing applies on the health and safety side." "Another toxicologist familiar with CTEH, who requested anonymity to avoid retribution from the firm, described its chemical studies as designed to meet the goals of its clients. "They're paid to say everything's OK." "Matt Landon, a staff member at the anti-mountaintop removal mining group United Mountain Defense, encountered CTEH in the wake of the 2008 breach in a coal ash dam run by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)." "Landon said his group began its own air monitoring after finding CTEH employees installing low-volume monitors that community advocates believed were not strong enough to measure air quality in compliance with EPA standards." "People were getting sick," Landon recalled, "eyes swelling up, rashes, ear aches, wedding bands tarnishing. They said it was taking them time to get high-volume monitors out there." kanekoa.substack.com/p/east-palesti…