A Feb. 13 Facebook post (direct link, archived link) shows screenshots of several social media posts on the Feb. 3 Ohio train derailment.
"THIS WAS PLANNED / BY DESIGN / FALSE FLAG," reads part of the post. "New reports indicate deadly vinyl chloride has contaminated the Ohio River as far as West Virginia, a water source for over 5 million."
The post generated over 500 shares in less than a week.
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Environmental experts said that contaminants, such as low levels of the chemical butyl acrylate, were detected in the Ohio River from a Feb. 3 train derailment. However, the derailment was not a false flag operation, as the post claims. Vinyl chloride has not been detected in the Ohio River to date, either.
On Feb. 3, a train operated by Norfolk Southern was traveling to Pennsylvania when 38 rail cars derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, causing damage to an additional 12 cars, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. An additional 11 material cars that carried hazardous items also derailed.
There is no evidence this was a false flag operation.
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