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Totalnah t1_jdpat00 wrote

Reply to comment by datneckbearddoe in What the fuck is that smell? by LocalOnThe8s

“The U.S. Coast Guard has command on the cleanup operation and has told LevittownNow.com at least 8,100 gallons of latex finishing material spilled into the waterway. They said the water soluble acrylic polymer solution had a maximum potential release of 12,000 gallons, with a final determination being worked on.”

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cazzhmir t1_jdq0rnf wrote

oopsie doopsie i accidentally dropped 8 thousand fucking gallons of a toxic chemical into one of the largest rivers on the eastern seaboard

some people should not be in charge of anything

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jengibredia t1_jdrber2 wrote

They do it on purpose. It's their disposal plan. To "accidentally" spill it and make it everyone else's problem. Yes, these people should not be allowed to exist in our society. They are destroying the world for profit.

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suitology t1_jdv8b4m wrote

Nah it's not disposed of intentionally it's valuable stuff they made to sell. it was just cheaper to neglect the pipe for years.

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rootoo t1_jdqxuhd wrote

Just a little goof-em-up, no worries.

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TheFartingKing_56 t1_jdx4wi9 wrote

Girls when they spill ~8,000 gallons of toxic chemicals into a major river leading to the Atlantic Ocean:

Oopsies haha

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Dryheavemorning t1_jdpe9uc wrote

That's relatively tiny. Wouldn't have caused this widespread of a smell.

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HistoricalChicken t1_jdqadzz wrote

That’s not how it works. Some chemicals can be smelled for miles from even the smallest amounts. Nile Red did a great video on “the stinkiest chemical in the world.” Apparently it can be smelled for miles from just a few drops.

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Dryheavemorning t1_jdqg57e wrote

There's been nothing in any of the news stories about that spill indicating it caused the smell. The spill site was to the east of us and the prevailing winds would have taken it to NJ. The smell was definitely something funky but in all likelihood came from the west. My guess is just the normal terrible pollution from the Midwest but we got a better smell of it because of an inversion.

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Vague_Disclosure t1_jdqnapu wrote

Yeah my money is on inversion as well. Not thrilled about a chemical spill but judging by some of the distances that people are reporting the smell I don't see the spill being the main cause.

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jengibredia t1_jdrbiwl wrote

Media never covers corporations poisoning the world. It would be all we see if they did. The media is corporate propaganda.

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TheNightmareOfHair t1_jdvgc24 wrote

Update: The spill made Democracy Now's 15-minute world news report -- as did the chocolate factory explosion that killed 7 in Reading. They also ran a segment later on (it's a 1-hour podcast total) about how a quarter of humanity lacks access to clean drinking water. I'm guessing this was the only (non local) daily news roundup to address any of this. Certainly did not make NPR's Up First, NYT's The Daily, BBC Global News Podcast, or WSJ's What's News.

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