Panic and pessimism continues to haunt
residents in the American state of Ohio,
weeks after a train containing toxic
chemicals derailed there ..experts say
that much remains unknown or the dangers
posed to Residents by the overtime. the
explosion triggered the release of toxic
fumes, which led the residents and
observers to question the health impacts
of the toxic materials , that are spilled
into the Ohio river, and has also renewed
focus on the U.S Railway industry’s
loosening of safety gnomes and
requirements over time.
but how did the train derail on the
night of February 3rd , at least 50 out of
150 coaches of a train heading from
Conway Pennsylvania to Madison Illinois.
derailed in the small town of East
Palestine in Ohio and as part of various
reports a mechanical issue with an axle
is believed to be the cause behind the
derailment.
look at these visuals just before the
accident happened , surveillance footage
captured from a factory appeared to show
the trains undercarriage overheating.
residents were forced to evacuate
when the trail operated by Norfolk
Southern derailed,
it caused a fire that
sent a cloud of smoke over the town of
East Palestine in Ohio , even though
residents have returned they have
complained of headaches and irritated
eyes and noted the chickens, fish and
other Wildlife have died. residents are
worried especially about quality of
water.
water is the big thing here right now,
everybody is wanting water they don’t
want to drink the water , they don’t want
to give it to their animals you know
whoever comes in from the community.
they’re getting the first case of water
free and then um up to three other cases
of water will be at our cost at two
dollars , and it’s just to help out
because you know some people are leery
about the water right now.
despite these concerns States Health
officials have insisted to Residents,
that East Palestine is a safe place to
be . they say that a plume of pollution in
the Ohio river is moving at one mile per
hour , another thing they say is that
cities in the plumes path can turn off
their drinking water intakes . as it
floats by these officials have assured
that drinking water tests have not
raised concerns , and normal water
treatment would remove any small amounts
of contaminants that may exist . whereas
according to the Ohio Department of
Natural Resources it estimates , The Spill
has affected more than seven miles of
streams and killed approximately 44000
fish mostly small ones.
so in conclusion the investigation has
concluded that of the seven and a half
mile impacted area.
species were killed over a five mile
span , and this that the total area of
impact runs from the train derailment
site near sulfur run,
through Leslie run to our Bull Creek
flows into the North Fork of Little
Beaver Creeks . the total number we
arrived at is is a little over 43000.
so 43785 aquatic species, the department
reached the calculation after removing
dead fish from four save sites across
the affected area , although according to
the department none of the species
affected a threatened odd endangered and
that fish are beginning to return to the
rivers and streams in the area.
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