this month, residents had only their noses and sporadically high readings from public air monitors to assess the situation.On Tuesday, Shell officials held a virtual meeting to discuss the air monitoring results surrounding the event.
Shell had set up a “restricted area” at the plant where readings of volatile organic compounds and benzene in particular were elevated in order to protect workers. Anthony Pizon, chief of medical toxicology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Department of Emergency Medicine, who reviewed the air monitoring data on Monday, said the numbers were too low to raise concerns about public health.
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