![]() Of course, that doesn't excuse the fact that many of the usual suspects sought to find political advantage despite how far off the point of the disaster that took them. I would’ve far rather they did all the testing,” Caggiano said. “I was surprised when they quickly told the people they can go back home, but then said if they feel like they want their homes tested they can have them tested. Isobutylene is also known to cause dizziness and drowsiness when inhaled. Breathing it in can irritate the nose and throat and cause coughing and shortness of breath. He says it’s a carcinogen and contact with it can cause burning and irritation in the skin and eyes. Caggiano says ethylhexyl acrylate is especially worrisome. Environmental Protection Agency sent a letter to Norfolk Southern stating that ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate and isobutylene were also in the rail cars that were derailed, breached and/or on fire. From WKBN: “We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open,” said Sil Caggiano, a hazardous materials specialist. The massive derailment of a chemical train in East Palestine, Ohio prompted me to go spelunking in the language because, clearly, somewhere in the middle of this sprawling disaster, somebody somewhere was asleep at some switch. People who studied English idioms reckon that "asleep at the switch" emerged into the conversation in the 19th Century, when railroads were the state of the art means of transportation, and if the switchman dozed off, two trains might wind up on the same track going in opposite directions, which would be unfortunate.
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