Follow up to this post
Residents of that Ohio town where the train derailed in February report that some are getting sick, potentially because of the incident. A million pounds of hazardous chemicals were being transported in the train cars and some of it leaked into a creek and the soil.
Officials decided to channel some vinyl chloride into a trench and ignite it. A big black cloud of smoke from the fire rose over the town. It's not hard to imagine that such a thing would make the air unsafe.
Federal and state officials told residents that there was no problem with the air or water. But the U.S. Center for Disease Control sent agents to investigate.
During the investigation a month ago, seven of the fifteen investigators developed symptoms like those reported by the residents. It's not proven that those chemicals caused the illnesses. But what does that sound like to you? If I run across a final answer, I'll post it.
from CNN
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