For all the modern amenities afforded to us by industrial civilization, there is a trade-off: periodically, an accident will release hazardous chemicals into environments where they don't belong. This sets in motion a familiar ritual in which the public must learn the names of industrial compounds they have never heard of before, and then attempt to weigh the relative degree of the existential and public health crisis posed by said chemicals.
Despite viral videos of streams and creeks littered with dead fish, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the state's Republican Gov. Mike DeWine assured the town's residents that the municipal water has not been contaminated.
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