<story><title>Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train derailment</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2023/02/14/1156567743/health-east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-chemicals</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>grecy</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;which can cause headaches, nausea, and respiratory problems.... can make people dizzy and drowsy&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I also love this phrasing that talks about the immediate uncomfortable reactions, but makes no mention on the extremely serious long-term implications of exposure.&lt;p&gt;These chemicals won&amp;#x27;t just make you feel unpleasant in the moment, they&amp;#x27;ll kill you in the long run.</text></item><item><author>perihelions</author><text>- &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;On Sunday, the EPA released a list, written by Norfolk Southern, of the toxic chemicals that were in the derailed cars. In addition to vinyl chloride and butyl acrylate, it mentions ethylhexyl acrylate, which can cause headaches, nausea, and respiratory problems in people exposed to it; as well as isobutylene, which can make people dizzy and drowsy.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is anodyne phrasing that omits the lede, which is that this information was not previously disclosed. This expanded &amp;quot;list of toxic chemicals&amp;quot; was not public prior to Sunday.&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#x27;s ABC&amp;#x27;s reporting by way of comparison: &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;There were more toxic chemicals on train that derailed in Ohio than originally reported, data shows&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;abcnews.go.com&amp;#x2F;US&amp;#x2F;toxic-chemicals-train-derailed-ohio-originally-reported-data&amp;#x2F;story?id=97080179&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;abcnews.go.com&amp;#x2F;US&amp;#x2F;toxic-chemicals-train-derailed-ohi...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;(Another notable diff is that ABC describes ethylhexyl acrylate as a &amp;quot;carcinogen&amp;quot;, linking to a CDC page as a cite. NPR&amp;#x27;s exposition reads differently: &amp;quot;ethylhexyl acrylate, which can cause headaches, nausea, and respiratory problems in people exposed to it;&amp;quot;).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nimbius</author><text>&amp;gt; can make people dizzy and drowsy&lt;p&gt;LMFAO vinyl chloride is a multi-organ carcinogen...its literally one of the quickest ways to stage 4 right up there with Benzene exposure.&lt;p&gt;phosgene was also part of the release when Ohio decided a &amp;quot;controlled burn&amp;quot; of the vinyl chloride was somehow a good idea.  the plume could be seen from commercial flights.&lt;p&gt;honest to god the damage control media outlets are attempting in the midst of what by every definition is just under a massive environmental disaster is just ridiculous.  If this happened in China it would be front page news.</text></comment>
<story><title>Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train derailment</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2023/02/14/1156567743/health-east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-chemicals</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>grecy</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;which can cause headaches, nausea, and respiratory problems.... can make people dizzy and drowsy&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I also love this phrasing that talks about the immediate uncomfortable reactions, but makes no mention on the extremely serious long-term implications of exposure.&lt;p&gt;These chemicals won&amp;#x27;t just make you feel unpleasant in the moment, they&amp;#x27;ll kill you in the long run.</text></item><item><author>perihelions</author><text>- &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;On Sunday, the EPA released a list, written by Norfolk Southern, of the toxic chemicals that were in the derailed cars. In addition to vinyl chloride and butyl acrylate, it mentions ethylhexyl acrylate, which can cause headaches, nausea, and respiratory problems in people exposed to it; as well as isobutylene, which can make people dizzy and drowsy.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is anodyne phrasing that omits the lede, which is that this information was not previously disclosed. This expanded &amp;quot;list of toxic chemicals&amp;quot; was not public prior to Sunday.&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#x27;s ABC&amp;#x27;s reporting by way of comparison: &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;There were more toxic chemicals on train that derailed in Ohio than originally reported, data shows&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;abcnews.go.com&amp;#x2F;US&amp;#x2F;toxic-chemicals-train-derailed-ohio-originally-reported-data&amp;#x2F;story?id=97080179&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;abcnews.go.com&amp;#x2F;US&amp;#x2F;toxic-chemicals-train-derailed-ohi...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;(Another notable diff is that ABC describes ethylhexyl acrylate as a &amp;quot;carcinogen&amp;quot;, linking to a CDC page as a cite. NPR&amp;#x27;s exposition reads differently: &amp;quot;ethylhexyl acrylate, which can cause headaches, nausea, and respiratory problems in people exposed to it;&amp;quot;).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>atoav</author><text>This. That&amp;#x27;s like saying a radiation exposure can make you &amp;quot;see funny lights&amp;quot; — while being technically true, &lt;i&gt;this&lt;/i&gt; is &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; the important thing to underline given a situation where such a danger is out there in the environment.&lt;p&gt;Makes you wonder.</text></comment>