Animals dying after Ohio train derailment.

[Catherine]

There was a serious train derailment in Ohio. The train was carrying toxic vinyl chloride. To prevent an explosion the chemical was burned, filling the air with toxic fumes. Forty-four thousand animals died as a result. Fish were the hardest hit as were amphibians and other small animals.

https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us...erailment/

This is an ecological disaster that will keep on killing for years to come.
Even if it is safe for people to come back, and that is questionable, How do you warn animals that the air they breathing not safe.
People were evacuated, but what about the animals. They simply died when their world became poisonous.
The town and the people might receive compensation for the damage done. What about the animals, who compensates them for their losses.

[Tobi]

That is a terrible thing to happen. Exposure to vinyl chloride can cause Hemangiosarcoma in dogs, and possibly many other animals. That is a cancer of the epithelial cells of the blood vessels.
Hemangiosarcoma is not known (or is extremely rare) in humans, but "angiosarcoma" is known. Possibly, exposure to this substance could cause that.

When will we learn that our way of dealing with toxic substances is too subject to human error, and not reliable? We need to really get our act together. We are like children playing with matches.
What a tragedy for the animals.

[Catherine]

There were so many ways this was a tragedy that was inevitable. The train needed upgrades. Safety protocols were not being followed. They hauled dangerous chemicals through a residential area. There was a lot of the chemical on the train. They had no real plan to deal with a derailment of a toxic chemical train.

People in the area will probably have negative health effects. I am sure their pets will have problems.
Things were so toxic that fish died right away.

This is not the first serious derailment/train accident. 
This happened just west of Toronto in 1979.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Missi...derailment

The emergency was handled really well and there have not been long term consequences.

All these years later, they did not even come close to handling things well.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/busin...ation.html

Health problems have already started.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati...415726002/

Sadly it is always nature that suffers the worst. No one evacuated the wild animals. They will continue to die and they will not know why.