Academic popular science 2: The indescribable relationship between styrene, artificial rainfall and risk retention
Summary of comments from netizens
Due to the inability to report emergencies and related comments, here are some comments from netizens. For specific events, please pay attention to the official announcement.
User Comments
- @Enchanted: I'm betting my life at all. The composition of the burning chemicals is very complicated, and the fatality rate is as high as 20... There is no way. It is estimated that the nearby residents have a higher mortality rate and a greatly increased cancer rate.
- @Yiye Zhiqiu: A fire has brought many health risks to the people of Huangli.
- @Four-eyed brother: The surrounding villages were cleared yesterday afternoon. Now a major river channel north of the factory has been blocked and intercepted. It's not serious, you know!
- @Tianmeng doesn't know: Our Huangli neighborhood is full of chemical-based units, one after another. They are all private enterprises. I hope the government will discipline them. This kind of toxic enterprise is run around the common people, and how much harm does it bring to the common people?
- @Mingshi: It's a bad smell when you go out, and you don't want to go out.
- @Leo: I don't know how many times the residents around this factory have reacted, stealing the row, smelling pungent, and no call from the Environmental Protection Agency?
- @Craig: I am a resident of this neighborhood. I really have to ask this chemical factory carefully. It is located in a non-chemical park, surrounded by residents. The products produced are xylene, and they have a smell when they enter the factory. This time the burning is highly toxic, and now there is a strong smell in the morning! The boss of the factory is also the secretary of the brigade in the village where the chemical factory is located! Is there any power transaction here, and is there any power and money transaction? I hope this fire can be clearly checked. The latest news I heard that they have started public relations, and many media have not announced it, only downplaying the small fire in the warehouse, completely ignoring the living environment of the surrounding people. If such a fire cannot crack the truth, such a chemical factory can still continue to produce after the fact. It is really cold and heartbreaking!
Chemical properties of styrene
The basic chemical properties of styrene were introduced yesterday.
| Styrene properties | Description |
|---|---|
| Toxicity | Toxic |
| Effects of inhalation | Inhalation of large amounts of styrene gas over a long period of time can cause headaches, dizziness, loss of appetite, and decreased red blood cells and platelets |
| High concentration effects | Strong irritation to mucosa at high concentrations |
| Solubility | Insoluble in water |
| Environmental Hazards | Can cause pollution to "water, soil, atmosphere" and is carcinogenic |
Discussion on artificial rainfall treatment
In the evening, some netizens in Huangli sent me a video, saying that it was artificially raining, with the intention of settling toxic gases and avoiding their spread. Is this true?
Individuals dare not make random assertions, so I hope everyone should not believe rumors, spread rumors, or spread rumors. But if it is true, it can only be said that liberal arts students are really drunk when they are leaders.
Come and continue popular science today: Styrene is insoluble in water, so forcing it into the river water is equivalent to fixing the poison in a certain area.
Risk management
When risks arise, the general treatment methods are "avoidance, mitigation, retention, and transfer". Obviously, emergencies cannot be avoided, and transfer will only expand the impact, so "mitigation + retention combination is more reasonable".
Starting from the overall situation, "sacrificing" one side of water and soil, "saving" a large area of land, in the face of risk crisis, although ruthless, it is the most reasonable way! Just, who will save the people of HL?
