An “industrial incident” at an oil refinery in Burnaby that blanketed parts of Metro Vancouver with a strong chemical smell on Sunday didn’t pose any risks to the public, according to the Burnaby Fire Department.
  • Paragone@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    And … what was the chemical-profile of this smell, that … doesn’t need to be tested, … to know that it doesn’t contain health-risks??

    Neither ideology nor prejudice substitutes validly for scientific-method.

    Don’t accept bullshit/propaganda in science’s place.

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    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
      3·
      10 months ago

      Bowcock said it was a “common” fuel product that’s used to heat up the refinery process that was burning.

      “It’s not anything that we would find as highly toxic or any kind of chemical waste, it’s actually a hydrocarbon product,” he said.

      Probably some petrochemical gas like diesel, or some burnt oil product. Would be helpful if they tested it still, even if it wasn’t that serious.