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When they "burned" the Vinyl Chloride, there is no way they got 100% of it.

That shit has a half-life of: * 3.2 days in the air * 280 days in topsoil * 1400 days in surface water * 4400 days in groundwater

That means it takes over 12 years for the concentration to drop by just 50% in groundwater and almost 4 years in surface water.

Eastern Ohio is fucked, and PA isn't in great shape either. When that shit rains down, the area that gets the rain is going to be an instant cancer-cluster. When it gets into the Ohio river basin... gg farmland. You better make sure your produce doesn't come from there!

When they "burned" the Vinyl Chloride, there is no way they got 100% of it. [Interesting data on its half-life.](https://dtsc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2018/01/vc.pdf) That shit has a half-life of: * 3.2 days in the air * 280 days in topsoil * 1400 days in surface water * 4400 days in groundwater That means it takes over 12 years for the concentration to drop by just 50% in groundwater and almost 4 years in surface water. Eastern Ohio is fucked, and PA isn't in great shape either. When that shit rains down, the area that gets the rain is going to be an instant cancer-cluster. When it gets into the Ohio river basin... gg farmland. You better make sure your produce doesn't come from there!

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Filter then boil?

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If there is vinyl chloride in your water? Move.

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But it's still a worry right ???

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Would depend on the boiling point of the contaminant. E.g. boiling wine will get rid of most of the alcohol in it, because the boiling point of ethanol is ~80C, so it will boil off before the water boils. Again, that would likely not get rid of all of the contaminants though.

Vinyl Chloride has a very low boiling point (-13.4C), due to this, one way of removing it from water is through "air stripping" using packed tower aeration. Basically spraying the water in small droplets so the Vinyl Chloride outgasses.

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boiling only kills things, filter then possibly distilled if thats what you meant...