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Dr. Juliane Beier is a leading expert in the United States, exclusively studying vinyl chloride, the substance that leaked and burned in the East Palestine train derailment.
Beier is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, she works in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and is a member of the Pittsburgh Liver Research Center. Her research is focused on how vinyl chloride, at what OSHA considers safe levels, enhances liver disease.
“We don’t really know what the concentrations are that may cause long-term risks,” Dr. Beier said. “To me what’s more of a concern, even if the concentrations are considered safe, are they really?”
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