An independent analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data from the Ohio train derailment site found that nine of the toxic chemicals detected could pose long-term health risks if they continu…
An independent analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data from the Ohio train derailment site found that many of the toxic chemicals detected could pose long-term health risks if they continue at current levels.
Scientists from Texas A&M and Carnegie Mellon University studied the measurements of air pollutants collected by the EPA and said nine of the pollutants were at higher than normal levels.wrote on Twitter. A chemical called acrolein — which can cause inflammation and irritation of the skin, respiratory tract and mucous membranes, according to the CDC — had the highest levels among the pollutants found in East Palestine, according to their research.
“It’s not elevated to the point where it’s necessarily like an immediate ‘evacuate the building’ health concern,” one of the researchers, Dr. Albert Presto,. “But, you know, we don’t know necessarily what the long-term risk is or how long that concentration that causes that risk will persist.” EPA officials said that the current higher-than-normal concentrations of the pollutants are expected to dissipate and are not a concern to residents’ health in the short term.
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