The Norfolk Southern train derailment & the plastic pollution crisis
Podcast |
Your Call
Publisher |
KALW
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Mar 15, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:34:47
Former EPA administrator Judith Enck says the agency failed to come up with a comprehensive plan after the train derailment, leaving people desperate for answers.
On this edition of Your Call, we get the latest on the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Shortly after the disaster, local officials decided to drain nearly 116,000 gallons of vinyl chloride into a ditch and set it on fire in a "controlled burn," in order to avoid an explosion. Two days after the burn, residents were allowed back into their homes, before any testing for carcinogenic dioxins and other poisonous chemicals had been done. In a recent New York Times opinion piece, former EPA official Judith Enck asks: Why has the EPA allowed the horrific situation in Ohio to continue?

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