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Iran and China have signed 20 documents and memoranda of understanding to further expand cooperation in various fields.

The documents were signed by senior officials of the two countries in the presence of Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday.

According to the documents, Tehran and Beijing will improve cooperation in different sectors, including crisis management, tourism, communication and information technology, the environment, international trade, intellectual property, agriculture, exports, healthcare, media, sports and cultural heritage.

Earlier in the day, President Raeisi received an official welcome from his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping after arriving on a state visit to China.

During the official ceremony, the national anthems of the two countries were played and the two presidents reviewed a guard of honor. A 21-gun salute was performed in Raeisi’s honor.

High-ranking delegations of Iran and China held negotiations immediately after the ceremony. Senior officials of the two countries will sign important documents for developing bilateral cooperation in the presence of the two presidents.

The Iranian president arrived in Beijing on Tuesday morning at the head of a high-ranking politico-economic delegation on the official invitation of his Chinese counterpart.

Speaking to reporters before leaving Tehran for Beijing on Monday, Raeisi said Iran and China have similar views on fighting unilateralism at the international level.

The visit marks President Raeisi’s first visit to China after taking office in August 2021.

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Environmental Engineer here:

US epa is in charge of Air testing . Ohio epa will be in charge of remediation and site monitoring (surface and ground water, and soil) Norfolk is in charge of the initial clean up and site response. They have 30 days to submit their manifesto. manifesto number 5800.1.

It is important that they cannot control the narrative. They are overseeing themselves.

The only govt oversight Norfolk answers to is the department of transportation, despite transportation of hazardous materials (they lobbied heavily to get rid of any notion of safety laws)
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So they choose to bury the train cars with the liquid still in them?

Where do they bury them, and how do they bury them?

If they didn't handle this properly, and the liquid seep into the groundwater underneath, then I don't think we can ever imagine how fvcked up would that be...

Gordon Chang: be scared SeeSeePee, be very scared. If this is what we do to ourselves, imagine what we can do to you!
 

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A chemical engineer on Weibo said that the SOP for vinyl chloride leaks is dry extinguisher on any existing fires, release it, adsorb as much as possible, then let solar UV handle the rest.
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Burning creates stable polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and chlorodioxins from pyrolysis. These are stable and bioaccumulative.
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Burning is the absolute worst choice <for people and the environment> because it turns a rapidly dissipating toxin into a permanent one, then creates a convection blower that distributes the toxic byproducts wherever the wind blows.

A small clarification:

Burning is the absolute worst choice for people and the environment because it turns a rapidly dissipating toxin into a permanent one, then creates a convection blower that distributes the toxic byproducts wherever the wind blows.

Burning is the absolute best choice for the bottom line of the railroad company because it gets rid of the vinyl chloride faster and allows the rail line to re-open sooner.
 

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The only thing to respond slower than the Ohio governor is Chinese media. To be fair they still beat Biden, who may or may not be fast asleep right now.

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Global Times dunking on the US already
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Ohio catastrophe goes viral on Chinese social media, with netizens criticizing US for withholding info; Western media blind on 'real accident'
An Ohio train derailment accident has stirred heated discussion on Chinese social media with many labeling it "a Chernobyl-level" catastrophe. Many netizens, when criticizing the US for not properly handling the disaster, also questioned if the US government is trying to deliberately withhold information, and hype a balloon incident involving China to divert domestic media attention.
 
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