thepennsyltuckyin

thepennsyltuckyin t1_j8xqz4g wrote

You may be right, but the fact that residents in that town are saying that it hurts to breathe and people are feeling sick and they maintain the stance that the air and water "is fine" it makes me a little doubtful. Not to mention the smoke from the burn carried into PA because there was wind during the burn. And a few day ago wind apparently picked up PM(particulate matter) from the area and carried that into PA. This is something we have to be mindful of. Chemical spills and burns don't go away just like that. People have the right to question when it looks like they are being lied to.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cleveland19.com/2023/02/15/while-people-slept-early-morning-winds-kicked-up-plume-near-east-palestine-train-derailment-site/%3foutputType=amp

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thepennsyltuckyin t1_j8xil42 wrote

Not all of PA's water is contaminated, but they burned the chemicals sending them into the atmosphere. Winds blowing to the east carried it and can create problems with rain and air quality. I don't believe for a second that the air and water in western and other parts of PA will go unscathed by this. To what degree I'm not sure. I am really curious to see what the tests we run show.

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thepennsyltuckyin t1_j64jb6z wrote

My mom used to work for an in home nursing agency called Angels on Call I believe. She basically went to someone's house for a few hours a day a couple times a week. I forget if she went 2 or 3. But that may be a good place to look. I looked on their website and the nearest office would be in Scranton.

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thepennsyltuckyin t1_j5magff wrote

Unless I looked at it wrong the linked I posted is saying that PA has the third largest rural population per capita. Not by numbers. I could have interpreted it wrong. I was only really trying to make a point that per capita PA's residents are more "rural" than other states people think of as more rural.

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