r/Ohio • u/Dangerous-Ad4192 • 6d ago
They are minimizing what is happening in Toledo
For the sake of credibility, I have a Bachelor's in Environmental Science and am an analyst for an environmental testing laboratory.
For those who may not be aware, last night on October 20th at 9:30pm, a 5,500-gallon tank of glycidyl methacrylate (known as GMA) began to leak. According to the EPA, there was an "error" during transfer. This tank belongs to the company MC Tank Terminal who bulk ship chemicals for production purposes.
There are several issues with how this is being handled. First and foremost, the 3-mile shelter-in-place did not take effect until 6 hours in. The containment completely failed. Officials decided to let the reaction run its course and have not noted any protocols attempted before allowing this. They estimated the release would continue for another 6-16 hours as of 1pm earlier today.
GMA is considered a "probable carcinogen" and its occupational limit is 0.01 ppm (parts per million). Its vapor is about 5x heavier than air. Further, this morning, there was dense fog and very low winds. Due to these factors, the gas was not able to rise into the air and dissipate like normal. Instead, it acted like a liquid and flowed down topography near ground level. This will make it more challenging for the EPA to map a plume, if they even decide to take this into account.
In regard to testing, the EPA says it's monitoring for VOCs and particulates and has yet to publish this data in full. Those methods are NOT capable of measuring GMA beyond a few miles from the leak site. This data would help determine more accurate safety zones. We also know that MC Tank Terminal itself has sent out a team to collect data alongside the EPA, so there could potentially be bias.
The chemical that has been released is not being measured properly beyond a few miles.
This event is unprecedented. We do not have historical data on a large release of this chemical into the environment. Officials have set evacuation and shelter zones without publishing hard data (including crucial data that hasn't even been taken yet), and are not being fully transparent.
I fully believe that the 1 and 3 mile radius are not nearly enough. AP reports residents well beyond the 3-mile zone smelling the odor.
What residents should demand to know:
- GMA-specific air data with locations, times and detection limits
- The EPA air model behind every evacuation/ shelter-in-place zone
- The readings that justified LIFTING THE SHELTER-IN-PLACE ORDER
- Runoff and soil testing (Officials said tank leaked onto the ground)
- A health registry for people with symptoms
IF YOU WERE IN THE AREA: Please document when and where you had symptoms and any medical visits.
Sources:
https://toledo.oh.gov/news/2026/10/21/hazmat-evacuation-in-north-toledohttps://response.epa.gov/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=17475
https://monographs.iarc.who.int/news-events/volume-125-some-industrial-chemical-intermediates-and-solvents-2/
Update: EPA has stated they will deploy their "TAGA" mobile lab. This will more accurately measure the concentration of GMA beyond the leak site. HOWEVER- they are not doing this until later this week, far too late.
Edit: Corrected information regarding testing methods
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u/SubieGal9 6d ago edited 6d ago
What's your opinion on the radius should be?
Being in Stark Co, I also worry a little bit about the
I don't know anything about anything, but I don't feel were being told the truth about the long term affects of these types of disasters to both humans and the environment.
Thanks for your post.
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u/Dangerous-Ad4192 6d ago edited 6d ago
We can't give a solid number without data that officials haven't released yet, or apparently taken at all :/ There is also no standard distance for this chemical, it mostly boils down to judgment and modeling. Which is why the data is absolutely needed right now. We do know that eyewitness reports document odor and symptoms beyond the 3 miles
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u/spunkyred79 6d ago
I live about 6 miles from the site and the smell has been off and on here all day. We have very little wind which is not good and are supposed to have more dense fog holding these chemicals in place again tomorrow morning again with no wind predicted tomorrow. My parents live within the 3 mile radius and at 5pm today had the stay in place order end.
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u/PJDemigod85 6d ago
I am at the college and we're about 6 miles out from the epicenter. Never saw any fog but I could smell it clear as day setting foot outside the dorm. Was thankful I brought my mask with me for aome modicum of protection.
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u/TheBooArthurRadley 5d ago
I was 4.83 miles west of the leaks red zone and have video of trying to get home on Talmadge. We had to turn around due to the vapors density. It was not fog as the news repeatedly kept saying. This burned and was thick. Once I got home I could taste it on my lips and I immediately showered. I was wearing a well fit N95 mask which did absolutely nothing to protect me.
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u/Palavras 6d ago
Can you give a guess or estimate without the data based on comparable situations with other chemicals or anything like that?
If I’m over an hour away, should I still be worried? I have a four month old at home and this is the first I’m hearing of this situation :(
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u/Intelligent-Gypsy324 5d ago
So given your training, can you talk about how this leak was supposed to be handled in terms of public health?
Or how it should have been handled? I honestly don't know what the protocol is for neighbors of a chemical plant.
I this case I'd read that officials were concerened about the chemicals held in the tank next to the leaking one. But it took two days to release the name of the first chemical. (But who knows if this is true)?
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u/Boxofmagnets 5d ago
There was an “expert” on tv ( I can’t remember what channel ) who said that if you can smell it you’re too close. That wasn’t the only warning, he said also if you’re close to it leave also
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u/georgeforeman4life 6d ago
I am also in Stark. One of my coworkers said it smelled weird outside today and closed the windows. I thought that odd, and now question exactly how far something can travel.
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u/SubieGal9 6d ago
The Canadian wildfires affecting us are a good example of how far things can travel in the air.
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u/b3nt3n33 6d ago
I am also in Stark County and thought I was smelling natural gas off and on when I was outside.
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u/qyo8fall 6d ago
The odds that whatever you smelled had anything to do with this converge to zero. I’d be more worried about potential gas leaks if that’s what you smelled.
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u/aKIMIthing 6d ago
Oh. You guys got completely plowed over. I lived in Portland, Or at the time and followed closely. I’m so sorry that happened to you. ❤️🩹
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u/StyxxFireMancer 5d ago
I was over in Monclova for work yesterday and one of the clerks at the gas station said she could taste something in the air. So if people could sense something was a little different at least 0.5-1 hr away from the incident, the concentration of what’s down in stark county — I’m the same — is probably not going to be anywhere near what it is up north. That doesn’t mean it isn’t plausible it extends 150-200 miles down towards us
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u/GreatGrapeApes 6d ago
Yeah, this situation is completely fucked.
Lack of honest information. Lack of proactive response.
When did
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u/Dangerous-Ad4192 6d ago
An MC employee was the one who called 911 at 9:30pm, but we don't know when the leak actually began or how long they knew about it.
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u/3n3quarter 6d ago
There was a BMX race last night, corner to corner that track is like 500’ away from ground zero. The person I talked to said they left about 8:30 and hadn’t seen anything. I think the 9:30 time is pretty close to start. Trying to get details on some of the pictures I’ve seen timestamp wise.
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u/ScaryGarry_SG1 6d ago
Ah, much like the biggest chemical disaster in Ohio history that silly ass Miike Dewine presided over
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u/Dangerous-Ad4192 6d ago
East Palestine deja vu... *sigh*. I still worry about them :/
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u/SaltyCrashNerd 6d ago
Based on how East Palestine went, I would be VERY cautious if in the wake of this. Between the EPA changing exposure levels on their website, the completely unnecessary vent and burn and the long-term health effects on its citizens, I have very little faith that this will be well handled.
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u/dmbwannabe 5d ago
Guys please pay attention to what Sherrod Brown is doing in Girls bathrooms more than this. I know it’s hard and this is bad but please think about the boys stealing your girl’s trophy /s
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u/Dangerous-Ad4192 5d ago
And don’t forget that Amy Acton was crying!
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u/Fresh-Coach5611 5d ago
She also tripped over dog gate and took alcohol and prescription drugs/s, which most did during Covid lockdown it was scary… imagine being a in charge of a scary time .. which was scary for everyone, fuck Vivek
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u/Lilylana-419 6d ago
So this might seem like a dumb question but would the chemical be able to seep into meijer? I'm curious about the foods in the store, Also all the FF chains on Alexis I would assume the chemical got into ventilations ?
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u/Dangerous-Ad4192 6d ago
Not dumb!! Grocery stores and other commercial buildings are actually more exposed than homes since their HVAC systems constantly pull in outside air. Packaged foods are completely safe. For exposed produce, thoroughly rinse. Avoid exposed baked goods for about a week.
But realistically, indoor concentrations are still much lower than outdoors. So for stores beyond a few miles from the leak- everything should be safe.
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u/DeafGuyisHere 6d ago
They are pulling in even more cool air during these cooler days if they utilize economizers on the fresh air intake. They open up more to provide free cooling dependent on indoor/outdoor conditions.
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u/3n3quarter 6d ago
Thank you for sharing. I’m looking at all of those stores along there….all of those, Meijer, Aldi, McDs, everything well within the mile circle. Those hotels on north side of road too. Anything west of Detroit past the one mile mark. (For good or ill.) Even the Kroger on Suder was in that initial one mile mark, though being east and on far side of the river might make for a big change.
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u/Lilylana-419 5d ago
Ty btw for all your info, def more help than we originally got from anywhere else!
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u/Sloppy_Beans 6d ago
Curious, what makes you think EPA is not able to detect GMA?
In regard to testing, the EPA says it's monitoring for VOCs and particulates. Those methods are NOT capable of measuring GMA. Additionally, regular air quality monitors cannot detect GMA either.
Correct me if I am wrong but a standard handheld PID should be able to do exactly that.
A Photoionization Detector (PID) will successfully detect Glycidyl Methacrylate (GMA) (CAS: 106-91-2) if it utilizes a standard 10.6 eV or 11.7 eV lamp.
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u/Dangerous-Ad4192 6d ago
This is true, I will need to edit this post. Thank you for pointing this out. PID's work reasonably well close to the source. However, they become weak a few miles out with lower levels and especially with the weather conditions. You wouldn't be able to tell GMA apart from ordinary background vapors.
What they should be using instead is a portable GC-MS device or their TAGA mobile lab which is a mass spectrometer. Apparently an update was just recently released saying the EPA is going to deploy TAGA but not until later this week... far too late.
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u/Sloppy_Beans 6d ago
Also, curious on this statement:
We also know that MC Tank Terminal itself has sent out a team to collect data alongside the EPA, so there could potentially be bias.
Could you elaborate on this?
It’s fairly standard practice for most entities to collect a split sample alongside any potential sample collected by a regulator. Could you explain the bias?
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u/SaltyCrashNerd 6d ago
Take one look at what happened in East Palestine - that should offer a solid clue.
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u/Conspiracy-Theorist_ 6d ago
Correct. The use of multiple 3rd parties serves to REDUCE bias. OP is just saying stuff to sound smart for other idiots.
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u/Vivjustviv 6d ago
I took my dog outside at 2:30 am, completely unaware of what had happened. There was dense fog and I instantly smelled a VERY strong chemical odor. If reminded me of when we had a kerosene heater growing up & the kerosene got too low. Unfortunately, I'd opened my bedroom window all the way while I took my dog out to let some cool air in. So my bedroom reeked of the stench, too. I shut my window but it lingered and I ended up with a nasty headache. I live about 3 or 4 miles from 1050 Progress. I only found out what was happening while scrolling reddit because I couldn't sleep. That was around 4 a.m. You'd think in this day and age there's a better way to notify the public. I grew up blocks from the
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u/Moist-Wrangler1036 6d ago
There are plenty of better ways; it's just that those people Ohio elect to run the state don't give a flying fuck about using them. 😉
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u/im_your_lobster 6d ago
You’d think they could use the same system they use for the amber alerts where everyone’s phone alarms go off like crazy
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u/imalittlefrenchpress 6d ago
I live in the shelter in place zone, and my phone was blaring an alert at 11:30 Tuesday night.
My wireless carrier is Verizon, and my phone is set to receive emergency alerts.
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u/Stalinbaum 5d ago
I live in the point, the lack of an immediate response is expected. I mean shit they didn’t even turn on the tornado sirens last year or so until the tornado was already gone!
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u/sandrailproject 5d ago
A few years ago my neighborhood was hit by a tornado. The siren went off 10 minutes after the dust settled.
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u/R-Voodoo 5d ago
They used it but something must be wrong with it. My boss lives a few miles further away from the incident than I do, he got the initial alert and I did not. They sent another alert when they reduced the evac area and I got that one but other people around me did not.
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u/AtomicBlastCandy 5d ago
There's the adage "you get what you pay for." Voters will elect politicians on the process of less regulation and less taxes and then wonder why shit like this is hushed up or recovery efforts are delayed. I live in a more liberal state and do not believe that it would have reacted such recklessly in such a situation.
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u/koffa02 6d ago
Right?! You'd think this close to the election they'd be falling all over themselves to get a win in their column after the gas tax failure.
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u/Haunting-Local4236 5d ago
Voting is only to fool people into thinking they have say in anything. A persons vote doesn't matter.
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u/OhioJoe22 5d ago
Enough already. Do you even understand what gerrymandering means? The majority of the population would swing deep purple to blue but because of gerrymandering it’s decisively red. Go check a voting heat map.
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u/big_bass_hole 6d ago
Did you get a text from Lucas County Emergency Services? I did at 5:57 am. I was at work and we smelled it at 1:00 am and shut off the buildings ventilation. Looked at reddit and saw what was happening. Called my wife to make sure the windows weren't open. They were closed no smell in the house. Mostly angry about the text. They should have sounded the warning sirens this was an absolute failure.
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u/Vivjustviv 6d ago
Oh shoot, no I didn't. I wonder why? I know my "new" number is registered with unemployment but there's a glitch no one can figure out where my "old" number is attached to my Ohio website login. I've had my "new" number for almost 2 years, too 😠
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u/lawanders 6d ago
I don’t know about Lucas County but in Hamilton County I signed up for emergency alerts, they had a big push a year or two ago to get people to register. In addition to signing up for emergency alerts I could opt in information about my residence for emergency responders, I don’t remember all of it, but I do remember there was something about having pets in case of fire.
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u/imalittlefrenchpress 6d ago
I moved to Toledo from another state, I have an out of state phone number, I’ve never signed up for alerts in Lucas county, and I received an alert Tuesday night.
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u/saamsquamtch 6d ago
Weird aside but, Drink milk and/or eat avocados, several per day if u can, after being exposed to chemicals in order to help your body expel them instead of store them in your own fat. Source: doctor and nurse both said to during my chemical poisoning
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u/Captcha05 6d ago
I am 4.8 miles from the leak and right on the edge of the
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u/Delicious-Cycle-4465 6d ago
The smell is back in west Toledo by Franklin park mall.
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u/Stunning_Ad8637 6d ago
To be fair I’m at the chick fil a right now next to the mall and I don’t smell it. I haven’t smelled it all day in this area (near the mall).
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u/Big_Balance_408 6d ago
Smelled it near Toledo Hospital this morning strongly to the point I held my breath until I got inside. Didn’t smell it in south Toledo on the border with Maumee at first, but by this afternoon I did so it must be traveling
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u/misscelestia 5d ago
I am just over 3 miles from the site, and I definitely felt sick while working from home on Wednesday. The 'zones' were far too small in my opinion. I definitely feel like they are trying to downplay the severity to cover their asses.
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u/b04th0us3 6d ago
I don't understand why there wasn't an emergency text sent out right away. As an old person I wasn't successful at finding info about the situation quickly.
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u/Sensitive_Row_5888 6d ago
I still watch the local news but I have to watch it on an app so that didn't even help me.
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u/SawSharkRedemptionnn 6d ago
Yeah!! I woke up to a bunch of friends asking if I was okay,Had no idea what was going on,No alerts or anything is wild!
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u/MadeByTango 5d ago
Because regardless of party, Ohio's leadership doesnt ever give a shit about anything but their seats
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u/buckeye27fan 6d ago
Ohio and dangerous chemical spills - I dare you to name a more iconic duo.
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u/MistyMtn421 6d ago
Hey now, your neighbor to the east is right here with you! Chemical spill hit the river and didn't have water for 4 weeks! And in 2008, there was an incident at (I forget which chemical plant cuz there's so many in my area) one of the plants that have the same chemical that blew up bopal India. We were duct taping everything we could that night.
And one of my co-workers lived in the town of Nitro, they were making agent orange back in the day and pretty much poisoned the entire town. You can read about it if you're interested here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro,_West_Virginia
And what's even more messed up is her dad died merely months before he would have been able to retire and start drawing his pension. So her mom and family were left with nothing. And that is such a common story in the town. And her and both her brothers have this specific type of cardiovascular disease that is caused from dioxin and heavy metals. Her dad and many of his coworkers all died young and just prior to be able to draw the pension.
So the town got money, and they were able to go get checkups by specific doctors who were hired by the company, and the medical monitoring was bullshit. And supposedly they cleaned stuff up. But the residents didn't get anything but a dying town and sick and dying family members.
Both of our states as well as Kentucky and Pennsylvania have really suffered the brunt of the chemical plants and the mining for so long it's not even funny.
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u/Koopa-Treat933 6d ago
This reminds me of the story I read a while back about the nuclear plant in Paduka, KY… the over site there was like non existent too.
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u/TheStephinator 6d ago
Columbus and cars crashing into buildings.
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u/please_use_the_beeps 6d ago
Hey that’s not fair!
My grandpa ran into an Outback Steakhouse in Cincinnati.
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u/3n3quarter 6d ago
I just want to add a data point to this discussion. The temp shelter for this event, for those within the 1 mile radius (which has since been reduced to 1/2 mile), is the Shoreland Elementary School. Per Google Maps measure distance tool, that school is just a tenth of a mile past the 1 mile radius of the leak.
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u/trappednjohnlockhell 6d ago
At this point I’m convinced that anyone in the city that says they couldn’t smell anything has COVID cause I live about 5 miles from the where it happened and the smell was so bad it woke me up. The fog was so thick I couldn’t see my dad’s car that was parked in our driveway. And it was definitely travelling in the fog because I work in Rossford and when I went to work at 5am, the fog was out that way and so was the smell.
The EPA can’t help us if they aren’t properly funded and a GOP government is never gonna do that so if there was ever a reason to vote blue, I’d say this is it🤷🏼♀️
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u/Icy-Swimming-530 5d ago
Great way to ruin a good comment make it political
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u/MoxieMe12 5d ago
If you don’t think this abhorrent response is related to Trump and Musk defunding environmental agencies, you’re not thinking. Sorry.
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u/trappednjohnlockhell 5d ago
Everything is political and if you think it isn’t congrats on being the first single-celled organism to successfully use technology🙄
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u/Torn_wulf 5d ago
Everything is political dipshit. This is happening because of politics, the response is insufficient because of politics, the media coverage is weak because of politics. Pull your head out of your ass.
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u/Joseph1968R 5d ago
The best way to calm fears isn't telling people not to worry, it's showing the data. If the safety zones are appropriate, publish the measurements and methodology so everyone can see how that conclusion was reached
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u/AtomicBlastCandy 5d ago edited 5d ago
BUT BUT BUT if we stop testing the Covid numbers will go down!
Yeah there were people in serious positions of governments that operated on that notion, and many people in Ohio continue to support them.
EDIT: The Russians have arrived!
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u/Joseph1968R 5d ago
The COVID comparison actually supports the argument for transparency. The solution to bad interpretations of data isn't less data, it's better data and a clear explanation of how it was collected and analyzed.
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u/Wise-Astronomer6185 5d ago
Lmao covid is a stupid example. Anyone who died was listed as covid if they had regardless of cause.
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u/juvy5000 5d ago
i don’t think showing the data is gonna be beneficial to quelling fears…
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u/wynalazca 5d ago
It will if they put it in context to what a harmful exposure level is.
I think it's pretty unlikely there will be mass cancer caused in the long term. I think the chemical has an extremely strong smell even at fairly low exposure amounts.
I thought it was gone this during the day today but when the temps dropped and I let my dog out a few hours ago I could smell it again outside. I'm just outside of the 1 mile evacuation radius.
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u/wynalazca 5d ago edited 5d ago
This times a million.
I did some research today and I now believe even being in nearly the worst position possible for this incident it's not nearly as bad as we are assuming. It's the lack of real data being released and explanation that is absolutely infuriating.
I've had only mild coughing and some minor eye irritation is all. Looking at the studies and asking AI to do help do the math for me and find study results for me, I think we were exposed to between 1-4% of the minimum dose required to cause cancerous tumors in lab rats.
At the very very worst assumption the number is maybe 30%. Lab rats needed to be exposed to at a minimum 8,000 "PPM x hours" of gma to get tumors. The math that came back spit out a high likelihood the range we got here is in the 30-70 "PPM x hours" with a potential maximum of 250 over the course of the first 36-ish hours.
Some guidelines suggest without actual measurements to multiply the max estimate by 10 for a top-end threshold which gets to that 30% number.
The good news is the chemical is water soluble so washing things down will collect it and it also has quite a short halflife due to being quite reactive to moisture. It will bond to other particles and break down eventually becoming CO2 and H2O.
I'm about 1.25 miles from the leak directly downwind (at first) south-west of the site. I'm pretty sure my neighborhood got the worst of it outside of the evacuation radius.
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u/Joseph1968R 4d ago
That's exactly my concern. If the risk is truly low, then the data should support that conclusion. Releasing the measurements and methodology would do far more to calm people's fears than simply telling them not to worry.
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u/Icy-Swimming-530 4d ago
There is no data buddy. This has never happened before I would not trust any data and use common sense and gtfo of there
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u/savethebexter 6d ago
Commenting for reach. I’m in Ohio but not near this area at all. The fact that this is underreported is wild to me.
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u/lilshortyy420 6d ago
I’m in Cleveland and agree. We also had a nitric acid spill here around 11-12 and there were reports of an orange plume. Nothing in the news about it.
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u/Silly-Rough-5810 6d ago
Are your government officials covering it up or do they just not care?
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u/dommens 5d ago
Strange. I saw the orange plume very clearly on the morning of 10/20 but every article I can find says the spill occurred 10/21?
The haze lingered low over Steelyard/HOWMET area and extended at least all the way out past dead man's on 90E.
For some reason I'm unable to post the pic here but these have to be the same event, no?
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u/Oaktree27 6d ago
Ohio EPA and now American EPA have a strong track record of running point for anyone liable for these spills if they have enough money. Just look at East Palestine
Republican controlled government agencies are just PR entities for companies
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u/PessimiStick 6d ago
Yeah there is literally zero chance anyone faces consequences for this, no matter how negligent (or not) this incident was.
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u/HighlightPrior2699 6d ago
Yeah. Theres a whistleblower who worked with them and they kept falsifying data during the east palestine event.
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u/ResidentWeevil1 5d ago edited 5d ago
Even CNN had the mayor on the ground saying "I'm totally fine without a mask! I'm young and virile!" Or something to that effect. He wasn't even sure the name of the chemical...
Here he talks about masking up at 3:12
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u/katinq 6d ago edited 6d ago
Yes, Three Mile Island, Camp Lejune, TCE from Raytheon in Tucson, Agent Orange,DDT. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson pissed off the industrialists. Trump, a real estate developer, will roll back all environmental regulations and protections.
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u/Nice-Illustrator-224 6d ago
Add to that list, the horrid east Palestine train derailment of poly vinyl whatever
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u/Worshipme988 5d ago
Plus he loves golf courses.
#1 offender Industrial chemicals
#2 offender Industrial agriculture
#3 offender dumbass golf coursesFix these. They dont have to go away. They just need to operate better. Better = costs more money. Thats why we have the volume of recent problems.
I did not google data. I pulled this from my bottom but i am quite educated (officially) on sustainability, etc. i contend it’s pretty accurate overview
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u/R-Voodoo 6d ago
This sucked. I woke up at about 2am to a house full of chemical haze because I sleep with a fan blowing in the window. I'm pretty much exactly a mile away, just outside the evacuation area. Once we figured out what was going on, my wife and I bailed out. Eyes and throat burning, couldn't see the damn road. Took forever to get to see hotel. Got back today and my house smells like shit. Everything smells like chemicals.
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u/Captcha05 6d ago
I'm so sorry. I'm 4.8 miles away, we stayed inside all day and my throat is killing me. I'm thinking about going to the urgent care tomorrow if this cough doesn't quit. I can't imagine what it's like to live any closer.
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u/telsongelder 6d ago
Thank you for sharing. Please keep talking. Document everything.
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u/R-Voodoo 5d ago
Yeah I don't think I can upload pictures here? At least I can't figure it out. We have all kinds of pictures and videos my wife took the whole time.
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u/justamaniac03 5d ago
As someone with a bachelors in environmental science/public health I completely agree with OP. This situation is being massively downplayed and the emergency response was handled extremely poorly. I foresee settlements for residents in the affected areas.
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u/Ok_Scarcity_9854 6d ago
This would be a great story for the Toledo Truth Teller
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u/BananaJelloXlii 6d ago
The Ohio EPA is a complete joke and has been for decades.
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u/Trilobyte141 6d ago
It has been deliberately crippled and sabotaged, you mean.
It is important to hold the right people accountable. Most of the folks who still work for government agencies are doing the best they can while being starved of staff, resources, and authority.
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u/TheMetalMilitia 6d ago
Ironically, the EPA started after
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u/Vault101_Dweller 6d ago
This is what happens when you consistently vote R, enjoy the de-regulations.
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u/UncleCarolsBuds 6d ago
Did they issue a shelter on place to people within 1 mile? I'm pretty sure a chemical leak with a shelter in place would have me in the car heading at about 100 miles per hour upwind.
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u/Frequent_Secretary25 6d ago
Will this stuff cling to vegetation and buildings etc? I'd want to go home but it would be a long time before I felt safe again there.