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Re:Ohio catastrophe is ‘wake-up call’ to dangers of deadly t... by perihelions on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:32PM (#34776895)
AP quotes two different experts warning about dioxins from this incident. Did they get it wrong?

https://apnews.com/article/rail-accidents-evacuations-ohio-h...

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Re:Ohio catastrophe is ‘wake-up call’ to dangers of deadly t... by xadhominemx on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @08:00AM (#34788659)
Yes, I disagree with the professor. I think you will get very little dioxin contamination from burning vinyl chloride monomer in atmospheric conditions.
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Re:Ohio catastrophe is ‘wake-up call’ to dangers of deadly t... by rbanffy on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:35AM (#34804319)
Can’t heat drive some polymerisation?
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Re:Ohio catastrophe is ‘wake-up call’ to dangers of deadly t... by xadhominemx on Thursday February 16, 2023 @09:41AM (#34819218)
It’s being actively combusted…
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