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LoremasterSTL t1_jcltbwy wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Levels of carcinogenic chemical near Ohio derailment site far above safe limit by Additional-Force-795

I grew up not far from Times Beach, MO, which no longer exists due to dioxin contamination. Wikipedia

Dixoin contamination will likely result in a generation-long evacuation.

TL;DR The owner of a small waste oil company was contracted to oil down dirt roads, and he used oil from a contaminated landfills (read: illegally dumped hazmat) on all the roads in town in 1972. The first news of possible contamination came from leaked EPA documents in 1982. The samples were taken the day before a historic flood (!) and came back with high concentration. Times Beach was disincorporated in 1985 and later became a site for an incinerator for other dioxin-contaminated materials.

Edit: Since then, there has been controversy about evidence of any adverse consequences from low-level dioxin exposure. See the same link.

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leo_aureus t1_jcmkwh3 wrote

Don’t worry he and his descendants became independently wealthy as a result of those contracts, let’s not go after the little guy haha!

So disgusting

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BlueJDMSW20 t1_jcob5ov wrote

Im 6 miles up the road from Time's Beach. Just a park next to a river now.

My knowledge of East ] Palestine is thryd been voting in corporate tax cuts and deregulation on labor/environmental practices for decades, it's not like this was something they didnt know or expect would happen. Hell, they seem more pissed at Buttigieg and Biden's EPA, than even Norfolk Southern and their ceo.

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5AlarmFirefly t1_jcvv8l9 wrote

From the article it sounds like the EPA was in favour of lowering the threshold levels for federal clean-up but the Obama administration nixed it.

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