Sloppy design and containment, that would never fly around here. No excuse for that.
But in an attempt to keep things in perspective, does anyone know the concentrations of contamination?
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Tests have showed that levels were consistently below a toxic threshold, and in some samples, there was no trace of the chemical at all. Officials were also keeping a close eye on water downstream to make sure there is no further impact. No fish kills or other impact on aquatic life, wildlife or pets have been reported.
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The stuff has a scary sounding name, but was the reaction really consistant with the situation?
Seems like gross over-reaction to me.
Good thing they didn't spill any di-hydro-monoxide, that stuff'll kill ya in you breath it.
4-methylcyclohexane methanol
TWA: 400 CEIL: 500 (ppm) (4 hours) from ACGIH (TLV) TWA: 1600 CEIL: 2000 (mg/m3) from ACGIH
Chlorine 7782-50-5 100 ACGIH TLV (United States, 3/2012).
STEL: 2.9 mg/m³ 15 minutes.
STEL: 1 ppm 15 minutes.
TWA: 0.5 ppm 8 hours.
500 ppm max allowable exposure for 4 hours, vs. 1/2 ppm max allowable exposure for 8 hours of the stuff they put in your drinking water ON PURPOSE!