Right on the heels of the disastrous train derailment and subsequent chemical exposure in East Palestine, Ohio, was a semi-truck accident on Interstate 10 near Kolb Road in Tucson, Arizona, that also released a very dangerous chemical. Both incidents resulted in the hurried evacuation of citizens in concerned areas.
While the extent of the danger is still being studied in Ohio, among the symptoms reported by residents are skin irritations, difficulty breathing, gastric pain and diarrhea, and headaches. Wildlife in the area is under immediate threat, with dead fish and frogs floating in the rivers and other wildlife and pets in distress. The ongoing threat of cancer from many of these chemicals is frightening, to say the least.
