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And it doesn’t stop at Philly’s borders. The Philadelphian’s Guide to Hosting a (Small!) © 2020 The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC Terms of Use/Privacy Policy. My colleagues on The Inquirer’s opinion team assembled a collection of cartoonists to illustrate the major themes that will dominate the local and national conversation in 2020. ©2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. “At age 60, this history buff has been either lucky or unlucky, depending on how you look at it, to have lived through three of the four meaningful impeachment pushes in America’s 243-year history. Lots of people had no choice but to be potentially exposed to whatever was released from the refinery that day. Contacted by Philadelphia magazine this week, Garrow said benzene emissions at 24th and Ritner streets between May and September never reached a reporting threshold equivalent to the federal action level. In the weeks before and after the explosion, benzene levels on the refinery’s borders — not far from schools, homes, parks and businesses — tested at more than 21 times the federal limit, according to the report. “There will likely be [an] increase in [hospital] admittance, or people going to the emergency room for respiratory issues who live downwind of this plume,” DeCarlo told Grid at the time. By CBS3 Staff October 26, 2020 at 7:44 am. 2020; October; After the Explosion, What's the Future of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery Site? Recovery efforts begin this morning, and we will continue to follow this developing story. That officials would project trust in a system designed to protect residents and months later propose a review of that same system is troubling, especially considering that the system may not have been effective. After the Explosion, What's the Future of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery Site. (1060-AM) "In-Depth" podcast about the future of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions site. We’ve relived the event over and over: On June 21st, the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery complex exploded and sent a blazing ball of fire and smoke into the sky. However, that assessment will not be complete until it is clear how the PES site will be used in the future.”. She said that during one four-year period she spent about 2,000 hours studying them. Despite claims that residents weren’t seriously affected by the explosion, City Councilmember Helen Gym said at the November 22nd meeting that her office fielded calls from residents — both on the day of the incident and weeks later — complaining about air quality and breathability in the area. At least two people were presumed dead Thursday morning after a "violent" house explosion and subsequent fire rocked a number of homes in South Philadelphia, according to fire … Officials assumed there were a pair of deaths, as rescue efforts ended on Thursday night. Woman Found Dead With Multiple Stab Wounds, Man Wounded In Brewerytown House Fire, Authorities Say, Gov. Dinner Party, 5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Sporadic Mid-Pandemic Salon Visits, Your Guide to Hiking and Exploring Rocks State Park, Garrow added, “Issuing a potentially panic-inducing public health warning was not warranted, and in fact, to do so would have been irresponsible.”, suggested the city review its air monitoring capabilities, This search result is here to prevent scraping, The No-BS Guide to the 2020 Presidential Election in Philadelphia, Sorry, Marc Vetri, But Philly Isn't Buying Your B.S. Your plants and seeds belong to them. But it’s been in a decades-long decline. Stimulus Package Update: What Happens To The Economy Without A Second Stimulus? “Part of that responsibility is only issuing alerts when there is a confirmed and present danger so the public continues to have faith in the warnings we issue.”, But Sonawane, the former EPA toxicologist, told NBC News that a hazard summary he worked on while at the EPA found that anyone exposed to air with more than .45 micrograms per cubic meter of benzene over their lifetime would have a greater than one in 1 million chance of developing cancer.