Padraig Martin @PadraigMartin

· East Palestine, Ohio Train Disaster in Numbers

• 50 rail cars derailed on 3 February
• 11 rail cars carried hazardous materials
• 5 rail cars released Vinyl Chloride, a flammable, colorless liquified gas that causes liver, brain, and lung cancer
• 28° Celcius / 82° Fahrenheit is required for Vinyl Chloride to become slightly water soluable
• 1 waterway was directly impacted - the Leslie Run. It feeds the Little Beaver Creek, a tributary to the Ohio River.
• 5 Million Americans get water from the Ohio River.
• 74 Million Americans get water from the various tributaries and outlets of the Ohio River, which feeds the Mississippi River
• 1 Billion+ animals of varying types - livestock and wildlife - depend on these waterways for life
• None of the waterways have ever hit a sustained 82°F in human history
• 3500 fish and aquatic animals have died in the Leslie Run in the past week
• Almost all small livestock have died in East Palestine since Friday, 10 February, especially poultry
• 4800 residents call East Palestine home
• 94% are White
• 81% of the 74 Million Americans that depend on the Ohio River and associated waterways, including the Mississippi for water for themselves and/or their livestock are White
• Zero FEMA officials have arrived to East Palestine as of 15 February

This was not an accident. This is genocide.