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mickyrow42 t1_j8ivec8 wrote

why would our water be affected in any way? The air drifting in the jet stream the issue if anything.

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pigdog12 t1_j8ivl67 wrote

Our water comes from the Boonton reservoir in Parsippany that the city owns. It's completely unconnected to the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

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DirectorBeneficial48 t1_j8iwguz wrote

Probably not. It's about 392 miles from the derailment to Parsippany/Boonton where most of our water comes from. The Ohio River flows southwest into the Mississippi, so that's not related to us. The main issue is the hydrogen chloride. Thats a byproduct of the burning vinyl chloride.

The HC bonds to water vapor in the atmosphere and becomes hydrochloric acid. HA has a ph level of 1.1. That and the phosgene are the two huge carcinogens (that we know of) from this crash. In any case, 392 miles is a pretty far length for those gases in those quantities to travel before settling down.

That said, locales in western PA are already seeing the effects of this. If reports of dying wildlife and sick pets start occurring in places like the Pocono Mountains, then we should start worrying about the drinking water.

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G_Funk_Error t1_j8j1b6o wrote

Reports are showing trace amounts of the vinyl chemicals in water in West Virginia. This is not impossible.

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