Insight of chemical environmental risk and its management from the vinyl chloride accident

Wang, Bin; Heng, Liping; Sui, Qian; Peng, Zheng; Xiao, Xuezhi; Zheng, Minghui; Hu, Jianxin; Fiedler, Heidelore; Barceló, Damià; Yu, Gang

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Insight of chemical environmental risk and its management from the vinyl chloride accident

Wang, Bin; Heng, Liping; Sui, Qian et al.

2023 • In Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering, 17 (4), p. 52

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Vinyl chloride; combustion; Chemicals safety management; Environmental risk; Emerging contaminants

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[en] The combustion of vinyl chloride (VC) after the train derailment accident in Ohio, USA in February, 2023 has caused widespread concern around the world. This paper tried to analyze several issues concerning the accident, including the appropriateness of the VC combustion in the emergency response in this accident, the meanings of so-called “controlled combustion”, the potential environmental risks caused by VC and combustion by-products, and follow-up work. In our view, this accident had surely caused environmental and health risks to some extent. Hence, a comprehensive environmental risk assessment is necessary, and then the site with risk should be comprehensively remediated, hazardous waste should be harmlessly treated as soon as possible. Finally, this accident suggests that further efforts should be taken to bridge the gap between chemical safety management and their environmental risk management.

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Chemistry

Author, co-author :

Wang, Bin

Heng, Liping

Sui, Qian

Peng, Zheng

Xiao, Xuezhi

Zheng, Minghui

Hu, Jianxin

Fiedler, Heidelore ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > Chimie analytique, organique et biologique

Barceló, Damià

Yu, Gang

Language :

English

Title :

Insight of chemical environmental risk and its management from the vinyl chloride accident

Publication date :

2023

Journal title :

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

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2095-2201

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2095-221X

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Higher Education Press Beijing

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