Small-town firefighters are often “woefully under-equipped” to handle train accidents that emit hazardous materials — like what happened in East Palestine. Most recent train crashes requiring evacuations have happened near small communities.
for employees who work with the chemical in industrial settings to no more than about the equivalent of a few drops of water inside a standard size bathtub filled to the top. When their exposure passes that low limit, employers are required to physically examine their staff. Blood serum samples are required to be taken and tested.
"It's difficult to find answers," Jones wrote to NPR in an email."It doesn't appear health screening of firefighters and or first responders are on anyone's top priority list right now."of Youngstown, OH, that firefighters from surrounding departments would be tested for heavy metals for the next seven years. But by March, no one had reached out to Jones about that, he said.
After a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern train on Feb. 6., black plumes of toxic chemicals were released into the air.After a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern train on Feb. 6., black plumes of toxic chemicals were released into the air.Norfolk Southern, the rail company worth more than $48 billion, confirmed it did not provide residents from East Palestine with tests for vinyl chloride.
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