Not OP. A chemical plant (oil and fuel additives and plastic container manufacturing) blew up in Louisiana. Rained black oily unknown substance over the entire community. In the comments OP says that officials are claiming no harmful pollution.

[u/verytiredhuman88]

[u/ChiNoPage]

There was also a super tone deaf post from the “owners daughter” talking about all the good the company does for the community so they shouldn’t be attacked. Rumor is that there were multiple EPA violations open. And cherry on top, the news is reporting that they just laid off all their employees with no severance.

[u/bd2999 → u/ChiNoPage]

Hardly shocking. Even if a company had a good record, did everything right and employed most the town and was fair that does not make them exempt from damages and things from this sort of accident.

Let alone if they are crappy. This is the same sort of company that tells everyone they are family before laying them all off without a thought the next week claiming it is "business decisions". Which is not usually the first thing most people say when making family choices.

[u/verytiredhuman88 → u/[deleted]]

I wonder if those that suffer from this will get any help or compensation.

[u/verytiredhuman88 → u/[deleted]]

“Residents challenging Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement for the disastrous East Palestine train crash have asked a court to reject a judge's order requiring them to put up an $850,000 bond to continue their appeal for higher compensation and more information about the contamination.

Nearly $300 million of the settlement has been on hold because of the appeal even though a judge approved the deal in September. The holdout residents are urging the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to stop them from having to put up the huge sum to continue with their claims stemming from the February 2023 derailment and fire.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/pittsburgh/news/residents-ordered-to-pay-850000-bond-appeal-ohio-derailment-settlement/

[u/OLDandBOLDfr → u/verytiredhuman88]

Not with the way your government thinks about science and reality. You lot vote in protections for corporate persons and eliminate all protection for actual people. Good fucking luck. East Palestine didnt get much support; Louisiana wont either. 

[u/West-Application-375]

Ugh tragic. Bound to be poor health outcomes from this in some manner.

[u/hereitcomesagin]

Horrible. Yet another reason not to live in Louisiana.

[u/BrixFlipped]

No need to look at the demographic of the neighborhood that experienced said black rain. Environmental health inequity strikes again.

[u/pemungkah]

Normally I’d be looking forward to the CSB analysis, but I don’t know if their funding got cut.

[u/seacucumberspirit]

If only MAHA cared about regulating harmful environmental exposures huh

[u/Ok-Curve-3894]

Roll coal!

[u/Capital-Ad9727]

“Nothing to see here”

[u/DragonfruitRoutine48]

More lies