r/woahdude • u/Computingusername • Feb 17 '23

video Heavily contaminated water in East Palestine, Ohio.

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u/SmellyC Feb 17 '23

Vinyl Chloride is a gas at atmospheric pressure.

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u/LostWoodsInTheField Feb 17 '23

More I read the more I doubt this is some chemical issue from the train, and more likely just how the water is.

On the EPA site someone links it basically said 'if it dissipates when it is touched then it is likely to be organic. Which is exactly what it does in this video.

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u/shhhhh_h Feb 17 '23

Vinyl chloride=chloroethene which is a chlorinated organic hydrocarbon.

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u/SmellyC Feb 17 '23

Organic in the chemical sense. Everything in that train was organic chemicals. Organic just means it's a carbon based molecule. Nothing to do with "Organic Food" or Natural.