Ohio tsheb ciav hlau derailment ua rau muaj kev ntshai ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv nroog me txog cov tshuaj lom

Ohio tsheb ciav hlau derailment nqa vinyl chloride ua rau muaj kuab paug thiab kev txhawj xeeb txog kev noj qab haus huv

Kaum ob hnub tom qab lub tsheb ciav hlau nqa cov tshuaj lom neeg derailed nyob rau hauv lub me me Ohio lub zos ntawm East Palestine, cov neeg ntxhov siab tseem xav tau cov lus teb.

James Figley, uas nyob ob peb ntu deb ntawm qhov xwm txheej no tau hais tias "Nws yog qhov txaus ntshai heev tam sim no." "Txhua lub nroog nyob hauv kev kub ntxhov."

63-xyoo-laus Figley yog tus tsim duab kos duab. Thaum yav tsaus ntuj hnub tim 3 lub Ob Hlis, nws zaum saum lub rooj zaum thaum nws hnov ​​​​ib lub suab nrov nrov thiab hnyav hlau.Nws thiab nws tus poj niam tau mus rau hauv lub tsheb mus xyuas thiab pom qhov xwm txheej ntuj raug txim..

Figley tau hais tias "Muaj ntau qhov kev tawg uas txuas ntxiv mus thiab cov ntxhiab tsw tau nce ntxiv txaus ntshai," Figley tau hais.

"Koj puas tau hlawv cov yas hauv koj lub tiaj nraum qaum tsev thiab (muaj) cov pa luam yeeb dub? Qhov ntawd yog nws," nws hais. "Nws yog dub, dub tag nrho. Koj tuaj yeem qhia tau tias nws yog tshuaj tsw qab. Nws hlawv koj ob lub qhov muag. Yog tias koj tab tom ntsib cua, nws tuaj yeem ua phem heev."

Qhov xwm txheej no tau ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov uas ua rau cov neeg nyob hauv tsev tsis txaus siab.

Cov pa luam yeeb tawm los ntawm lub tsheb ciav hlau thauj khoom thauj khoom thauj khoom tsis zoo hauv East Palestine, Ohio.

Hnub tom qab, cov pa luam yeeb muaj kuab lom tau tshwm sim thoob plaws lub nroog thaum cov tub ceev xwm tau kub hnyiab tawm cov tshuaj lom neeg hu ua vinyl chloride ua ntej nws tawg.

Ob peb hnub tom ntej no, cov ntses tuag tau tshwm sim hauv kwj deg. Cov thawj coj tom qab tau lees paub tias tus lej tau khiav mus rau ntau txhiab. Cov neeg nyob ib puag ncig tau hais rau xov xwm hauv zos tias lawv cov qaib tuag sai sai, hma ntshai thiab lwm yam tsiaj tau mob. Cov neeg nyob hauv yws yws ntawm mob taub hau, kub qhov muag thiab mob caj pas.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tau hais rau hnub Wednesday tias thaum lub nroog cov huab cua zoo nyob nyab xeeb, cov neeg nyob ze ntawm qhov chaw muaj tshuaj lom yuav tsum haus dej hauv lub raj mis kom ceev faj. Cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv xeev thiab tsoomfwv tau cog lus rau cov neeg nyob hauv lawv tias lawv tau tshem cov av tsis huv los ntawm qhov chaw thiab tam sim no huab cua thiab dej hauv nroog tau rov zoo li qub.

Qhov tsis sib xws ntawm qhov uas qee cov neeg nyob hauv tab tom qhia rau peb thiab cov lus cog tseg cov tub ceev xwm txuas ntxiv mus tau ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov thiab ntshai nyob rau sab hnub tuaj Palestine. Lub caij no, cov kws paub txog ib puag ncig thiab kev noj qab haus huv tau nug cov lus nug txog seb lub xaib puas muaj kev nyab xeeb tiag tiag. Qee cov neeg siv xov xwm hauv social media tau hais tias txawm hais tias tsoomfwv cov neeg ua haujlwm tau tshaj tawm cov xwm txheej tsis tu ncua thiab qhia kev npau taws ntawm lub tuam txhab kev tsheb ciav hlau, cov tub ceev xwm tsis qhia qhov tseeb rau cov neeg nyob hauv.

Qee cov neeg hauv zos tau txais kev saib xyuas ntxiv. "Muaj ntau yam peb tsis paub," Figley hais.

Cov tub ceev xwm Asmeskas kwv yees tias 3,500 tus ntses los ntawm 12 hom sib txawv tau tuag hauv cov dej ntws ze vim qhov kev poob qis..

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Cov thawj coj tau muab qee cov ntsiab lus hais txog Lub Ob Hlis 3 derailment ntawm Norfolk Southern tsheb ciav hlau mus rau Pennsylvania.

DeWine tau hais hauv lub rooj sib tham xov xwm rau hnub Tuesday tias lub tsheb ciav hlau muaj txog 150 lub tsheb, thiab 50 ntawm lawv derailed. Kwv yees li ntawm 10 ntawm lawv muaj cov tshuaj lom neeg muaj peev xwm.

Lub National Transportation Safety Board tsis tau txiav txim siab qhov tseeb ntawm qhov derailment, tab sis lub tuam tsev tau hais tias nws yuav muaj feem cuam tshuam txog qhov teeb meem ntawm kev siv tshuab nrog ib qho ntawm cov axles.

Cov khoom nqa los ntawm cov tsheb ciav hlau muaj xws li vinyl chloride, cov roj tsis muaj xim thiab tsis zoo siv rau hauv kev tsim khoom ntawm PVC yas thiab yas khoom.

Vinyl chloride kuj yog ib qho carcinogen. Kev raug mob rau cov tshuaj tuaj yeem ua rau kiv taub hau, tsaug zog thiab mob taub hau, thaum lub sijhawm ntev tuaj yeem ua rau lub siab puas tsuaj thiab tsis tshua muaj mob qog noj ntshav.

Thaum Lub Ob Hlis 6, tom qab khiav tawm ntawm thaj chaw tam sim ntawd, cov neeg ua haujlwm tau tswj xyuas qhov kub hnyiab ntawm vinyl chloride. DeWine tau hais tias tsoomfwv, xeev thiab cov kws tshaj lij kev tsheb nqaj hlau tau xaus lus tias nws muaj kev nyab xeeb dua li cia cov khoom tawg thiab xa cov khib nyiab ya hla lub nroog, uas nws hu ua qhov tsawg dua ntawm ob qhov kev phem.

Cov kev tswj xyuas hluav taws ua rau cov pa taws apocalyptic hla sab hnub tuaj Palestine. Cov duab tau nthuav tawm thoob plaws hauv kev sib raug zoo, nrog ntau tus neeg nyeem xav tsis thoob muab piv rau cov yeeb yaj kiab kev puas tsuaj.

Hnub tom qab, Gov. DeWine, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro thiab Norfolk Southern tau tshaj tawm tias qhov flaring tau ua tiav thiab cov neeg nyob hauv raug tso cai rov qab los thaum cov thawj coj pom tias muaj kev nyab xeeb.

"Rau peb, thaum lawv hais tias nws tau txiav txim siab, peb txiav txim siab tias peb tuaj yeem rov qab los," said East Palestine tus neeg nyob hauv John Myers, uas nyob nrog nws tsev neeg hauv tsev nyob ze ntawm qhov chaw derailment.

Nws hais tias nws tsis tau muaj kev phiv tsis zoo. Nws hais tias, "Lub huab cua tsw zoo li ib txwm muaj," nws hais.

Hnub Tuesday, Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv Ib puag ncig Asmeskas tau hais tias nws tsis tau kuaj pom ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm cov tshuaj phem hauv huab cua. Lub chaw haujlwm tau hais tias nws tau tshuaj xyuas ze li ntawm 400 lub tsev txog tam sim no thiab tsis muaj tshuaj lom neeg tau kuaj pom, tab sis nws tseem tab tom tshuaj xyuas ntau lub tsev hauv cheeb tsam thiab ua haujlwm saib xyuas huab cua zoo.

Tom qab qhov xwm txheej, Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv Ib puag ncig Asmeskas tau pom cov kab mob ntawm cov tshuaj hauv cov qauv dej nyob ze, suav nrog Ohio River. Lub chaw haujlwm tau hais tias cov dej tsis huv tau nkag mus rau hauv cov cua daj cua dub. Ohio cov tub ceev xwm tau hais tias lawv yuav sim cov neeg nyob hauv cov khoom siv dej lossis tho qhov dej tshiab yog tias xav tau.

Hnub Wednesday, Lub Chaw Tiv Thaiv Ib puag ncig Ohio tau lees paub cov neeg nyob hauv lub qhov dej hauv cov dej hauv zos tau sim tsis muaj tshuaj lom neeg los ntawm kev sib tsoo thiab cov dej hauv nroog muaj kev nyab xeeb rau haus.

Tsis ntseeg ntau dhau thiab tsis ntseeg

Cov neeg nyob hauv tau txhawj xeeb txog qhov cuam tshuam cov tshuaj lom neeg tuaj yeem muaj rau lawv txoj kev noj qab haus huv. (Daim duab ntawm no yog daim duab kos npe sab nraum lub lag luam hauv East Palestine uas nyeem "Thov rau East Palestine thiab peb lub neej yav tom ntej.")

Rau qee qhov, cov duab txaus ntshai ntawm cov smog lom tau zoo li qhov tsis sib xws nrog cov tub ceev xwm tsis ntev los no tau pom meej meej mus rau sab hnub tuaj Palestine.

Cov neeg siv kev sib raug zoo hauv Twitter thiab TikTok tshwj xeeb tau ua raws li cov lus ceeb toom ntawm cov tsiaj raug mob thiab cov duab ntawm hlawv cov yas chloride. Lawv tab tom thov cov lus teb ntxiv los ntawm cov thawj coj.

Tom qab cov neeg tau tshaj tawm cov yeeb yaj kiab ntawm cov ntses tuag rau hauv social media, cov neeg ua haujlwm tau lees tias qhov tshwm sim muaj tseeb. Ohio Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv tau hais txog 3,500 ntses ntawm 12 hom sib txawv tuag nyob rau thaj tsam li 7.5-mais kwj sab qab teb ntawm East Palestine.

Txawm li cas los xij, cov tub ceev xwm tau hais tias lawv tsis tau txais cov lus ceeb toom ntawm derailments lossis tshuaj lom neeg tawg ncaj qha ua rau cov tsiaj nyeg tuag lossis lwm yam tsiaj hauv av.

Ntau tshaj li ib lub lim tiam tom qab cov tshuaj tua hluav taws, cov neeg nyob hauv ib puag ncig yws yws txog mob taub hau thiab xeev siab, raws li Washington Post, Lub Koom Haum Tshiab thiab xov xwm hauv zos.

Cov kws tshaj lij ntawm ib puag ncig tau hais rau BBC tias lawv txhawj xeeb txog tsoomfwv qhov kev txiav txim siab tso cai rau tib neeg rov qab mus rau sab hnub tuaj Palestine sai sai tom qab qhov xwm txheej thiab kev tswj hwm hluav taws kub.

 David Masur, tus thawj coj ntawm Penn Environment Research & Policy Center tau hais tias "Lub xeev thiab cov tswj hwm hauv cheeb tsam tau muab lub teeb ntsuab rau tib neeg kom mus tsev sai heev,"

Nws tau hais tias "Nws ua rau muaj kev tsis ntseeg ntau thiab tsis ntseeg ntawm cov pej xeem txog kev ntseeg siab ntawm cov koom haum no, thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov teeb meem," nws hais.

Ntxiv rau cov vinyl chloride, ntau lwm yam khoom siv hauv tsheb ciav hlau tuaj yeem tsim cov tshuaj lom neeg txaus ntshai thaum hlawv, xws li dioxins, hais tias Peter DeCarlo, tus xibfwb ntawm Johns Hopkins University uas kawm txog huab cua phem.

"Raws li tus kws tshaj lij hauv huab cua, qhov no yog qee yam kuv xav kom zam dhau." Nws hais ntxiv tias nws vam tias lub tuam tsev tiv thaiv ib puag ncig yuav tshaj tawm cov ntaub ntawv ntxaws ntxiv ntawm huab cua zoo.

Cov neeg nyob sab hnub tuaj Palestine tau foob tsawg kawg plaub qhov kev foob hauv chav kawm tawm tsam Norfolk Southern Railroad, thov tias lawv raug rau cov tshuaj lom thiab raug kev txom nyem "kev nyuaj siab loj" vim yog kev sib tsoo.

"Ntau ntawm peb cov neeg siv khoom xav tau tiag tiag ... tej zaum yuav tsiv tawm ntawm thaj chaw," Hunter Miller tau hais. Nws yog tus kws lij choj sawv cev rau cov neeg nyob hauv East Palestine hauv kev foob hauv chav kawm tawm tsam lub tuam txhab kev tsheb ciav hlau.

"Qhov no yuav tsum yog lawv qhov chaw nyab xeeb thiab lawv qhov chaw zoo siab, lawv lub tsev," Miller hais. "Tam sim no lawv xav tias lawv lub tsev tau nkag mus thiab tsis paub tseeb tias nws yog qhov chaw nyab xeeb lawm."

Hnub Tuesday, tus kws sau xov xwm nug DeWine yog tias nws tus kheej yuav zoo siab rov qab los tsev yog tias nws nyob hauv East Palestine.

"Kuv yuav ceev faj thiab txhawj xeeb," DeWine hais. "Tab sis kuv xav tias kuv yuav rov qab mus rau kuv lub tsev."