Edward Carver is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Toxic chemicals released during fires following the Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio last year spread to 16 states and likely Canada, according to a study released Wednesday. The pollution, some of which came from the burning of vinyl chloride , a carcinogen, spread over 540,000 square miles, showing clearly that 'the impacts of the fire were larger in scale and scope than the initial predictions,' the authors of the study, published in Environment al Research Letters, found.
Environmental Protection Agency official later said that the controlled burn went against EPA rules; the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said the deliberate burning was unnecessary. The local impact of the fires was felt acutely in the month after the accident—a 'potent chemical odor hung in the air for weeks,' according to The Guardian, and people reported nausea, rashes, and headaches. The new study helps explain the wider environmental impact.
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