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Re:EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Conduct All Cleanup Action... by s1artibartfast on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @04:18PM (#34887512)
What medical costs? The town has ~4000 residents. If they pay for several doctors visits and checkups, we are talking about a couple million dollars.

They could cover health insurance for the entire town for a similar cost per year.

Replacing the train is likely to be more expensive.

The real cost will probably be environmental testing and remediation. Even if there isn't an big impact, it will take a lot of money to collect the data to prove it.

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Re:EPA Orders Norfolk Southern to Conduct All Cleanup Action... by digdugdirk on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @05:32PM (#34888618)
I was thinking lifetime costs. Every future case of cancer is going to be looked at and traced back, whether it's known to be directly attributable to the event or not. This is just a huge (un)natural experiment.
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