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Evacuations in Calhoun County
| Posted on July 29, 2010 at 2:01 PM |
It appears it has come to this. In the Marshall location, there are higher than healthy levels of Benzene in the air, thus the Calhoun County Health Department is "requesting immediate evacuation" of residents who live in the Calhoun County/Marshall areas on and near the Kalamazoo River, where the oil spill is happening. According to FOX17, this affects somewhere in the neighborhood of 30-50 homes.
Here's what Benzene is for the record- a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds.
Now, Benzene can cause bad effects on you- drowsiness, dizziness, headaches, it may cause you to be confused, and even unconscious.
According to FOX17, it can also have harmful long-term effects.
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Amber Whipple says...
My husband has been to the hospital twice in the last 5 days. He is sick to his stomach and has had a migrain. I also went once last week for the same thing. We live a block and a 1/2 away from the river. No one has came door to door here. And i called the 1-800 number and that said they would have to call us back. No one has!!! Where do we go from here. Should we evacuate?
As of today, Enbridge contained the spill. It's not my judge on if you should evacuate. Maybe you should get in contact with law enforecement?
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