Toxins from Ohio train derailment spread to 16 states: Data | Vargas Reports

ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE EAST PALESTINE TRAIN DERAILMENT DISASTER ANYMORE. BUT THE CHEMICALS FROM THAT DISASTER MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN YOU. SO PAY ATTENTION. >> IT'S BEEN 16 MONTHS SINCE THE FIERY CRASH DEVASTATED THE SMALL OHIO VILLAGE NEAR THE PENNSYLVANIA BORDER. THE DISASTER SENT THE TRAIN'S CARGO OF VINYL CHLORIDE INTO THE AIR, THE WATER AND THE SOIL. THE COMMUNITY IS STILL CLEANING UP TODAY AND RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO FACE IN EXPLICABLE HEALTH ISSUES. TESTS SHOW THAT THE CHEMICALS ARE STILL LINGERING IN THE COMMUNITY. AND NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, THERE'S RESEARCH THAT SHOWS JUST HOW FAR THOSE TALKS AND SPREAD ONCE THEY WERE SET ON FIRE NEWS NATION'S INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT RICH MCHUGH HAS BEEN ON THIS STORY FROM THE VERY START AND JOINS US NOW LIVE RICH, AFRAID TO FIND OUT HOW FAR THOSE CHEMICALS MAYHAVE SPREAD. WHAT IF YOU LEARNED? >> HI, ELIZABETH. WHILE THE TALKS AND SPREAD TO 16 STATES OVER 500,000 SQUARE MILES FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE EAST COAST WHERE A 3RD OF OUR POPULATION RESIDES. THE HEADLINE HERE IS THAT A LOT MORE PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED THAN WE PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. TAKE A LOOK. >> WHEN OFFICIALS BURNED 116,000 GALLONS OF TOXIC VINYL CHLORIDE OVER EAST PALESTINE. THE MUSHROOM CLOUD SMOTHERED THE ENTIRE REGION TURNING SKY BLACK, TERRIFYING RESIDENTS. I'M READY GET OUT OF HERE. LOCAL HAS MET OFFICIAL HAVE THIS WARNING. WE BASICALLY NEW TO TOWN WITH CHEMICALS. >> SO YOU COULD GET A RAILROAD OPEN NOW. NEW DATA PROVING THEIR CONCERNS WERE VALID. AND JUST HOW FAR THESE TOXIN SPREAD, MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW BIG THIS FIRE WAS HOW FAR THE IMPACTS WET. >> WE MEASURED IT OVER 16 DIFFERENT STATES. 16 STATES FROM WISCONSIN TO NORTH CAROLINA. >> AND UP TO MEAN NOT TO MENTION CANADA, DAVID WITH THE NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION PROGRAM SAYS THE PROGRAM HAS ABOUT 260 SITES ACROSS THE U.S. COLLECTING RAIN AND SNOW SAMPLES. DETECTIVE ALARMING LEVELS OF CHLORIDE. A DIRECT RESULT. THE BURNING ALL THAT VINYL CHLORIDE. THESE SOME OF THE HIGHEST, IF NOT THE HIGHEST WINDS. YOU KNOW, LAST 12 YEARS THAT FIRE TOUCHED A LOT OF POINTS IN THE MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST. WE'RE ALL BREATHING THE SAME ATMOSPHERE. TO TAKE ON STORY. JUST TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT, ELIZABETH, I ASKED HIM LIKE, GIVE ME CONTEXT. >> FOR HOW BIG OF AN EVENT THIS WAS. HE SAID THE LAST TIME WE SAW READINGS THIS HIGH MORE THAN 2011 WHEN THE FIRE IN FUKUSHIMA. JAPAN'S FUKUSHIMA DISASTER. A WEE LATER THAT ALL TRAVELED HERE TO THE UNITED STATES. THAT'S. >> THAT'S HOW BAD AND THAT CHLORIDE IN IN THE ATMOSPHERE. HOW DANGEROUS IS THAT? PEOPLE? >> WELL, HE'S THAT HE'S NOT QUALIFIED, THAT HE'S SAYING I CAN'T WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS POSSIBLY GOING AFFECT HUMAN LIFE OR HOW DANGEROUS IT IS. BUT IT IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE VINYL CHLORIDE. SO THEY KNOW THAT THE CHLORIDE DETECTED IN ALL 16 RATES IS FROM THE VINYL CHLORIDE BURNED THERE. AND WE'RE ALL EXPOSED TO IT WHO LIVE IN THE NORTHEAST. MY GOSH. WHAT IS THE EPA SAY ABOUT THIS REPORORT RICH? >> THE EPA HASN'T SAID ANYTHING YET HIGH. JUST READ SOMETHING. THEY SAY THEY'RE REVIEWING IT. YOU KNOW, MAKES YOU WONDER WHERE IS THE EPA AND THIS WHOLE THING FROM THE BEGINNING, THEY DID NOT TRY AND STOP THIS BURN AND HERE THEY THIS THIS IS DATA THAT SHOULD BE COMING FROM THE EPA. ELIZABETH? YEAH, LET'S GO TO

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Published: Thu Jun 20 2024