Chemical Disasters

It could be an derailed train. It could be an overturned truck. It could be a mismanaged factory.

Chemical disasters can happen anywhere, to anyone.

This week, Marina and Fin discuss the recent Ohio train derailment, the Bhopal chemical tragedy, and what your options are if a toxic plume is headed your way.

• Sources

  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/02/12/east-palestine-ohio-derailment-residents/

  • https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/11/health/ohio-train-derailment-white-noise/index.html

  • https://www.k9mask.com/

  • https://www.ready.gov/kit

  • https://www.ready.gov/hazmat

  • https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/prep_chemical_fact_sheet.pdf

  • https://www.cdc.gov/chemicalemergencies/What-Should-do-in-a-Chemical-Emergency.html

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster

  • https://www.bhopal.org/stories/aziza/

  • https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/12/bhopal-the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-30-years-later/100864/

  • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1306166/

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_isocyanate