Posted on Feb 18, 2023
Risks for chemical spills are high, but here's how to protect yourself
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Questions linger over the potential health and environmental impact of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals near East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month.
Some residents have reported headaches and rashes in the aftermath of the incident and have grown frustrated with the response from the rail company, Norfolk Southern, and public officials.
The Environmental Protection Agency maintains that the air is safe and that the agency is continuing to monitor the situation. The EPA says levels of the chemical causing the reportedly noxious smell are not high enough to impact the community's health.
Questions linger over the potential health and environmental impact of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals near East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month.
Some residents have reported headaches and rashes in the aftermath of the incident and have grown frustrated with the response from the rail company, Norfolk Southern, and public officials.
The Environmental Protection Agency maintains that the air is safe and that the agency is continuing to monitor the situation. The EPA says levels of the chemical causing the reportedly noxious smell are not high enough to impact the community's health.
Risks for chemical spills are high, but here's how to protect yourself
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..."That doesn't mean [the smells] can't be nauseating or sickening, or be stressful because the reminders of the incident and the emotions" are tied to the smell, Brown said.
Stanford's Prunicki encourages those who may be affected to listen to their own mind and body and make decisions for their own personal safety.
"If smells are terrible, regardless if someone's saying it's fine, use your own your own judgment and err on the side of caution," she said. "If it is making me sick, I'm gonna get out of there."
..."That doesn't mean [the smells] can't be nauseating or sickening, or be stressful because the reminders of the incident and the emotions" are tied to the smell, Brown said.
Stanford's Prunicki encourages those who may be affected to listen to their own mind and body and make decisions for their own personal safety.
"If smells are terrible, regardless if someone's saying it's fine, use your own your own judgment and err on the side of caution," she said. "If it is making me sick, I'm gonna get out of there."
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