The Yakima County #EAS is due to an incident involving a propane fire in East Valley /Moxee involving Olympic Fruit at Highway 24 and Beaudry Rd. according to Yakima PD

Shelter In Place & Indoors shut windows/doors, seal any venting/areas where air comes in from outside. Stop airflow from outside to inside.

#Washington #ShelterInPlace #HazardousMaterials.

We ingest plastics every minute of the day
#World #Health #Environment #Biology #Cancer #MicroPlasticsBomb #ConsumerIssue #EnvironmentalCleanUp #EnvironmentalPollution #HazardousMaterials #Obesity #SDG12 #SDG14 #SDG15 #SDG3 #SDG6 #Waste #Water #Plastics
https://the-14.com/we-ingest-plastics-every-minute-of-the-day/

In TV court dramas, the characters always talk about three things they need to prove a case: Means, Motive, and Opportunity.

In #HazardousMaterials release and #remediation the analogy to that is "Source, Pathway, and Receptor". In environmental remediation, a primary goal is to remove at least one or more of those things.

This is important to understand and remember when reading articles about environmental releases like #EastPalastine.

BOOM! “If the company fails to complete any of the actions ordered by the EPA, the agency will ‘immediately’ conduct the necessary work and then seek to compel Norfolk Southern to pay triple the cost.“ 👍

#OhioRailDisaster #Pollution #Cleanup #EPA #HazardousMaterials #Environment #PublicHealth #Accountability

EPA orders Norfolk Southern to clean up Ohio train-derailment site and pay all costs - NBC News https://apple.news/AB50geGPKREKXfRyEFkDejw

There's No #ToxicSpill #Conspiracy. This Happens Constantly in America
According to data compiled by USA Today from federal reports, there have been more than 5,000 #hazardous #chemical spills from #trains over the past decade.
In three states, North Carolina, Ohio and Washington alone, found 1610 crashes involving #hazardousmaterials between 2013-2017.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7b4qa/east-palestine-derail-toxic-conspiracy

EAST PALESTINE, #Ohio (AP) Feb 11 2023 Residents filed #federal #lawsuit are seeking to force Norfolk Southern to set up health monitoring for residents in both states #pennsylvania

50 cars, 10 carrying #hazardousmaterials derailed Feb 3. No one was injured in the #derailment that investigators said was caused by a broken axle.

Feb 6, authorities decided to release and burn the vinyl chloride, sending the toxic gases into the air.

NOTE photos probably take on Feb 6 2023

#Jordan. What happens if you drop a container with (supposedly) #chlorine gas? #safety #hazardousmaterials
https://youtu.be/cKGRvEHhezY