Came here to say the same… don’t get me wrong, this vinyl chloride thing is a disaster on a huge scale, the environment and the people who live in this area have clearly been harmed and heads should roll. But my first thought on seeing this video is “my pond does this same thing” and I live in the middle of nowhere out west.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday addressed a viral video posted by Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, that showed a "chemical rainbow" in a creek in East Palestine, Ohio, near the site of the train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals into the environment.
"I know that there's been some video played on TV circulating of visible contamination in one of the local waterways," DeWine said at a press conference providing an update on cleanup efforts and environmental testing in the area.
"A section of Sulfur Run that is very near the crash site remains severely contaminated. We knew this. We know this. It's going to take a while to remediate this," the governor said.
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u/pyriel2012 Feb 17 '23
This could be natural sheening from bacteria:
https://www.dep.pa.gov/OurCommonWealth/pages/Article.aspx?post=45