Source
If the source of the East Palestine chemical spill is not natural, it is….
Man made
The type of agent spilled because of the East Palestine train derailment
Chemical
The pathway of exposure of most concern immediately after the controlled burn
Air
The route of exposure of most concern immediately after the controlled burn
Inhalation
Norfolk Southern settled the fine imposed by EPA for this amount.
$310 million
The name of the train company that was involved in the East Palestine chemical spill.
Norfolk and Southern
Name of chemical burned off by the local emergency responders
Vinyl chloride
Residents of East Palestine were concerned about the contamination of their water wells because of this pathway of exposure
Water
Residents of East Palestine were concerned about the contamination of their water wells because of this route of exposure.
Ingestion
Breathing extremely high levels of vinyl chloride can cause this
Death
The EPA made this decision to avoid the tank cars from exploding.
Controlled burn
Vinyl chloride is used to make this chemical
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
The byproducts from the controlled burn were a concern for this pathway of exposure, not air.
Soil
The route of exposure from resident's concern about whether they should continue gardening and planting crops, not dermal.
Ingestion
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has classified vinyl chloride as known as what.
human carcinogen
According to the Washington Post "Feds reach $310M settlement with railroad over East Palestine train derailment"
The number of cars containing hazardous substances
38
PVC is used to make this product used in home and commercial construction to carry away waste from sanitary fixtures like sinks, showers, and toilets.
Plastic drainage pipes
Based on wind modeling data, the maximum radius in miles of soil collected from the site.
Two
A man who had liquid vinyl chloride sprayed on his hands developed second-degree burns. At first, the man reported that his hands felt numb. Within a short period, the hands had developed marked erythema and edema (Harris 1953). His illness resulted from this type of exposure.
Dermal
Exposure to VC at Camp LeJeune in North Carolina resulted in no increases in mortality from this human organ.
Kidney
According to the Washington Post "Feds reach $310M settlement with railroad over East Palestine train derailment"
The number of cars containing hazardous substances
11
The number of chlorine atoms in vinyl chloride
One
According to the EPA's Phase One Residential, Commercial, and Agricultural Soil Sampling Results, the maximum depth of soil in inches collected from the sampling locations.
Six
According to ATSDR's ToxFAQs™ for Vinyl Chloride, human studies on deaths caused by occupational exposure to vinyl chloride were due to this route of exposure.
Inhalation
Cancer of this organ has been highly associated with VC exposure in occupational settings
Liver