A contamination of that magnitude is not going to be easy to deal with, there are many effects associated with exposure to the chemicals. Some are immediate and some are long term risks, dead animals and plants are not the end of it.
Groundwater is/will be contaminated, the ground itself will be contaminated. I would not trust any drinking water from wells in the area for instance.
Depending on their precise proximity yeah I'd consider moving, muy pronto. Sue the train company and all associated folks, sure, including Bootygiger and the government but if 'I' lived nearby I'd move.
There will be problems there for a long time, it might become what used to be known as a 'superfund' site, where pollution is such that it cannot be mitigated, it is near impossible to clean it all up in a short time period.
People who live there will see birth defects and all the other health problems for years.
Anyone staying close in to that must be careful where their drinking water comes from, don't eat anything grown in the dirt there, stay upwind, don't buy property on ground lower than the crash area..... I'd move, one way or the other, sue everyone later but move now. There have been many superfund sites around America over the decades and birth defects are known from such things, other maladies and curses - move.
A contamination of that magnitude is not going to be easy to deal with, there are many effects associated with exposure to the chemicals. Some are immediate and some are long term risks, dead animals and plants are not the end of it.
Groundwater is/will be contaminated, the ground itself will be contaminated. I would not trust any drinking water from wells in the area for instance.
Depending on their precise proximity yeah I'd consider moving, muy pronto. Sue the train company and all associated folks, sure, including Bootygiger and the government but if 'I' lived nearby I'd move.
There will be problems there for a long time, it might become what used to be known as a 'superfund' site, where pollution is such that it cannot be mitigated, it is near impossible to clean it all up in a short time period.
People who live there will see birth defects and all the other health problems for years.
https://www.naturalpedia.com/vinyl-chloride-toxicity-side-effects-diseases-and-environmental-impacts.html
Anyone staying close in to that must be careful where their drinking water comes from, don't eat anything grown in the dirt there, stay upwind, don't buy property on ground lower than the crash area..... I'd move, one way or the other, sue everyone later but move now. There have been many superfund sites around America over the decades and birth defects are known from such things, other maladies and curses - move.
https://www.greenmatters.com/p/health-effects-superfund-sites