'I go home and I can't feel safe. I don't want to get sick when I go to my house. That's my home. That's where I live. That's where my kid was gonna grow up,' one East Palestine mother said.
stated, "If the exposure to vinyl chloride causes the mother to become unwell this may affect the health of the unborn child."Dr. Fred Henretig, a senior toxicologist at the poison control center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, told ABC News the amount of chemicals children are breathing in or ingesting may determine how hazardous something is.
Beal said she refuses to bring her son back to East Palestine. She and her husband have returned to get clothes and other things. Children, however, might be more affected by certain chemicals because of their smaller size and behaviors,, children have thinner skin and more skin per pound of body weight than adults so if a chemical is splashed on them, their skin might absorb more or it could chemically burn a higher percent surface area of skin.
"Young kids also live closer to the ground and if the gas is heavier than air, the concentration will be greater at two feet above ground than six feet above ground," Henretig said. "And vinyl chloride is a perfect example of a gas that's heavier than air, so that could increase their proportionate exposure."
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