Title, 10 miles, 100 miles, 200 miles, 500 miles? from East Palestine? Especially downwind

Farmer in Pennsylvania reported his foxes dying

  • cawsby [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    If chemical warfare was that easy WWI would have been even worse.

    I doubt there will be much immediate effect. Cancer rates might spike locally and downwind a bit.

    • crime [she/her, any]
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      2 years ago

      The goal of WWI chemical warfare was to kill or incapacitate people in a relatively small area ASAP, there are plenty of other bad outcomes here (like the cancer you mentioned) and as far as I'm aware none of the WWI weapons were distributed atmospherically

      • cawsby [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        The Japanese tried all sorts of stuff in China as well to spread chemical/biological weapons and none of it worked.

        American's largest VX missile delivery system didn't even cover a square kilometer, and not for lack of trying.

        • crime [she/her, any]
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          2 years ago

          Fair enough, although again those had specific goals (i.e. to inflict immediate incapacitation and death upon people in the vicinity) instead of disabling them or giving them cancer