JUST IN | The EPA has paused further shipments of hazardous materials from the Ohio train derailment until further testing is completed.
INDIANA — The United States Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to pause further shipments of hazardous waste from the East Palestine, Ohio trail derailment to Indiana.
According to the National Cancer Institute, vinyl chloride is used to make PVC and as a combustion product in tobacco smoke. In a statement to WRTV, IDEM says the EPA agreed to pause shipments to Indiana until testing proves there are no harmful levels of toxins.Governor Holcomb has directed 3rd party soil sampling for Dioxins to begin immediately. IDEM was present as samples were taken from the Heritage landfill on Saturday. We will share any results with the public in an effort to be open and transparent as soon as they become available.
Heritage’s permitted hazardous waste landfill is designed and monitored to handle waste containing dioxins. Dioxins, when mixed with a listed hazardous waste or a characteristic hazardous waste, may need to meet land disposal restrictions before disposal.
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