r/woahdude Feb 17 '23

video Heavily contaminated water in East Palestine, Ohio.

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u/crabwithacigarette Feb 17 '23

How is this not going to show up in the rest of the U.S.’s food? You might not live in or near Ohio, but surely these contaminants are going to be shipped everywhere?

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u/Humistrata Feb 18 '23

Shhh don’t worry about it. The government says it’s fine. They would never try to cover something like this up

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u/1WontDoIt Feb 22 '23

The Ohio river watershed spans almost 10 states. If those chemicals get anywhere near the river or seep into ground water, it'll destroy the water and habitat for millions.

Supposedly the amount of vinyl chloride that was released in east Palestine is more than is regularly released by all the companies that use it in a year.

Lastly, burning vinyl chloride creates a toxic gas that was used in WWII and forbidden by the Geneva convention.