Experts Fail to Gauge , Potential Health Implications, of Ohio Chemical Spill.<br />Experts Fail to Gauge , Potential Health Implications, of Ohio Chemical Spill.<br />ABC News reports that over a week after officials burned <br />hazardous waste following a train derailment in Ohio,<br />the potential health and environmental impacts remain unknown.<br />ABC News reports that over a week after officials burned <br />hazardous waste following a train derailment in Ohio,<br />the potential health and environmental impacts remain unknown.<br />ABC News reports that over a week after officials burned <br />hazardous waste following a train derailment in Ohio,<br />the potential health and environmental impacts remain unknown.<br />Several of the train cars contained vinyl chloride, a hazardous chemical that breaks down into hydrogen chloride and phosgene, which was used in chemical warfare in WWI. .<br />Vinyl chloride is classified as a known <br />carcinogen to humans … it has been <br />associated with a rare form of liver cancer <br />called hepatic angiosarcoma. So that's <br />the main concern with the vinyl chloride, Dr. Stephanie Widmer, emergency medicine physician <br />and medical toxicologist in New York, via ABC.<br />According to the Centers for Disease Control <br />and Prevention, breathing high levels of vinyl <br />chloride can lead to passing out or death.<br />According to the Centers for Disease Control <br />and Prevention, breathing high levels of vinyl <br />chloride can lead to passing out or death.<br />However, ABC reports that experts say <br />determining the potential risk to the public <br />following a disaster of this nature is difficult. .<br />It's always challenging to evaluate <br />the human health risks from a chemical <br />spill and it increases exponentially <br />when those chemicals burn, Stephen Roberts, Ph.D., professor emeritus and former <br />director of the Center for Environmental and Human <br />Toxicology at the University of Florida, via ABC.<br />According to a statement from the Environmental <br />Protection Agency, air monitoring has not detected any <br />levels of concern since the fire went out on February 8.<br />People should be concerned when things <br />like these do happen, but there's no need <br />to be hysterically concerned. The EPA is <br />keeping everybody up to date with the <br />information that we need to stay safe, Dr. Stephanie Widmer, emergency medicine physician <br />and medical toxicologist in New York, via ABC.<br />People should be concerned when things <br />like these do happen, but there's no need <br />to be hysterically concerned. The EPA is <br />keeping everybody up to date with the <br />information that we need to stay safe, Dr. Stephanie Widmer, emergency medicine physician <br />and medical toxicologist in New York, via ABC.<br />According to the Ohio governor's office, <br />water testing results showed no sign <br />of contamination in the city's water system. .<br />According to the Ohio governor's office, <br />water testing results showed no sign <br />of contamination in the city's water system.
