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OneToughFemale t1_jdox781 wrote

There was just some chemical spill into a lake somewhere in Pa. Maybe Bucks County

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popcarnie t1_jdp1ro4 wrote

I am over this country

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Rheum42 t1_jdpcqfs wrote

Like, honestly. And we just take it without complaint smh

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BureaucraticHotboi t1_jdpw0zs wrote

Watching the French fight for two years of retirement (as they should) makes me sad because we barely lift a finger in this country as capital strips our environment and our social welfare system

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dlxnj t1_jdqf1dh wrote

I swear people simp so hard for corporations here and then make it seem like they’re some kind of “alpha” for it… weird fucking culture

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madeupmoniker t1_jdqi5y5 wrote

Last time Philly had major protests, in 2020, the police tear gassed everyone

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jengibredia t1_jdrbpf6 wrote

And we should fight back. If they're going to use chemical weapons on them, we should use our mass numbers on them.

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lardbiscuits t1_jdsfdfn wrote

I type on Reddit and express mainstream political opinions on social media. Speak for yourself.

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hilwil t1_jdqicp7 wrote

What’s a little daily chemical spill into our sources of water amongst friends, eh? No need for any repercussions, right?

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philadelphia-ModTeam t1_jdqlq2b wrote

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[deleted] t1_jdr096a wrote

Or action. Many complain without taking action

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datneckbearddoe t1_jdp0zxb wrote

https://levittownnow.com/2023/03/25/hazardous-material-spill-in-otter-creek-delaware-river/

Thx, this would make sense. Traveling down the Delaware River…

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Totalnah t1_jdpat00 wrote

“The U.S. Coast Guard has command on the cleanup operation and has told LevittownNow.com at least 8,100 gallons of latex finishing material spilled into the waterway. They said the water soluble acrylic polymer solution had a maximum potential release of 12,000 gallons, with a final determination being worked on.”

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cazzhmir t1_jdq0rnf wrote

oopsie doopsie i accidentally dropped 8 thousand fucking gallons of a toxic chemical into one of the largest rivers on the eastern seaboard

some people should not be in charge of anything

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jengibredia t1_jdrber2 wrote

They do it on purpose. It's their disposal plan. To "accidentally" spill it and make it everyone else's problem. Yes, these people should not be allowed to exist in our society. They are destroying the world for profit.

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suitology t1_jdv8b4m wrote

Nah it's not disposed of intentionally it's valuable stuff they made to sell. it was just cheaper to neglect the pipe for years.

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rootoo t1_jdqxuhd wrote

Just a little goof-em-up, no worries.

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TheFartingKing_56 t1_jdx4wi9 wrote

Girls when they spill ~8,000 gallons of toxic chemicals into a major river leading to the Atlantic Ocean:

Oopsies haha

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Dryheavemorning t1_jdpe9uc wrote

That's relatively tiny. Wouldn't have caused this widespread of a smell.

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HistoricalChicken t1_jdqadzz wrote

That’s not how it works. Some chemicals can be smelled for miles from even the smallest amounts. Nile Red did a great video on “the stinkiest chemical in the world.” Apparently it can be smelled for miles from just a few drops.

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Dryheavemorning t1_jdqg57e wrote

There's been nothing in any of the news stories about that spill indicating it caused the smell. The spill site was to the east of us and the prevailing winds would have taken it to NJ. The smell was definitely something funky but in all likelihood came from the west. My guess is just the normal terrible pollution from the Midwest but we got a better smell of it because of an inversion.

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Vague_Disclosure t1_jdqnapu wrote

Yeah my money is on inversion as well. Not thrilled about a chemical spill but judging by some of the distances that people are reporting the smell I don't see the spill being the main cause.

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jengibredia t1_jdrbiwl wrote

Media never covers corporations poisoning the world. It would be all we see if they did. The media is corporate propaganda.

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TheNightmareOfHair t1_jdvgc24 wrote

Update: The spill made Democracy Now's 15-minute world news report -- as did the chocolate factory explosion that killed 7 in Reading. They also ran a segment later on (it's a 1-hour podcast total) about how a quarter of humanity lacks access to clean drinking water. I'm guessing this was the only (non local) daily news roundup to address any of this. Certainly did not make NPR's Up First, NYT's The Daily, BBC Global News Podcast, or WSJ's What's News.

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revcon t1_jdpylno wrote

It’s so fucked up that this is the new “why helicopter?”

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Luhdk t1_jdqs911 wrote

haah o man. hard agree. this is sad but very true.

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skip_tracer t1_jdpnjzd wrote

has to be what it was. Smelled it on 90 in Jersey when I was approaching the Betsy then all the way down Richmond as I drove home.

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Jiberesh t1_jdqwvcd wrote

I’m in center Chester county, I smelled it while it was drizzling. I’m glad I’m not the only one

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huggy19 t1_jdprz87 wrote

i dont think so. i smelled it last night, though not as strong. i think its the inversion thing.

Edit: how’d I get a downvote for saying I smelled it on Friday?

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