Recent data has revealed that the soil in the Ohio town, where a catastrophic train crash and chemical spill occurred, contains dioxin levels that are hundreds of times higher than the exposure threshold set by Environmental Protection Agency scientists in 2010.
The elevated levels of dioxin are known to pose huge cancer risks, The Guardian reported last week.
While the dioxin levels detected in East Palestine fall beneath the federal action threshold, an EPA administrator stated to Congress last week that they were "Very low." Nevertheless, chemical experts, including former EPA officials, who assessed the data for The Guardian, characterized the levels as "Worrisome," the outlet reported.
According to Linda Birnbaum, a former director of the US National Toxicology Program and EPA scientist, the levels detected in two soil samples are up to 14 times greater than the dioxin soil limits in certain states.
"The levels are not screaming high, but we have confirmed that dioxins are in East Palestine's soil," she told The Guardian.
"The EPA must test the soil in the area more broadly." Experts suggest that the data likely confirms concerns that the controlled burn of vinyl chloride in the days following the train wreck in the town created dioxin and dispersed it throughout the area.
Dioxins are a group of highly toxic chemical compounds that are produced as a byproduct of certain industrial processes, such as waste incineration, chemical manufacturing, and paper pulp production.
https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-03-20-levels-of-cancer-causing-chemical-unacceptably-high-ohio.html
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