Assessment of emergency responders after a vinyl chloride release from a train derailment - New Jersey, 2012 - Brinker K, Lumia M, Markiewicz KV, Duncan MA, Dowell C, Rey A, Wilken J, Shumate A, Taylor J, Funk R.

On November 30, 2012, at approximately 7:00 am, a freight train derailed near a small town in New Jersey. Four tank cars, including a breached tank car carrying vinyl chloride, landed in a tidal creek. Vinyl chloride, a colorless gas with a mild, sweet odo...
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