Recently, it was reported that three more hazardous materials were present in the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine a few days ago.
According to hazardous materials specialist Sil Caggiano, these chemicals are especially dangerous, with ethylhexyl acrylate being a carcinogen that can cause burning and irritation in the skin and eyes, as well as coughing and shortness of breath if inhaled. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has confirmed that the rail cars that were affected contained ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate and isobutylene. Water quality testing is still continuing in the area.
Caggiano would even go further and say “We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open.”
Watch him say it here:
WKBN had more details to report:
First News was recently informed of three more chemicals that were on the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine just over a week ago — and we are being told that those chemicals are dangerous.
“We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open,” said Sil Caggiano, a hazardous materials specialist.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sent a letter to Norfolk Southern stating that ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate and isobutylene were also in the rail cars that were derailed, breached and/or on fire.