{"id":889980,"date":"2026-10-21T21:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/889980\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T21:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:10:10","slug":"live-updates-toledo-chemical-leak-forces-evacuations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/889980\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Toledo chemical leak forces evacuations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmviikbti0004356u3h8mwd59@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Breathing vapor from the chemical released by the tank may cause \u201ccoughing, throat burning, headache, or shortness of breath,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/lucascountyhealth.com\/public-health-advisory-glycidyl-methacrylate-gma-chemical-release-in-toledo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">release<\/a> from the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmviikbti0005356ux6q89b6e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Contact with the skin or eyes can lead to severe irritation or chemical burns as well as allergic skin reactions, the department said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmviikbti0006356udu0d2dt4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Toledo\u2019s mayor said the leak can cause \u201ca little irritation\u201d to the eyes and a \u201ctaste in the back of the throat\u201d for some residents. Short-term exposure to the leak will not cause a long-term disturbance to public health, he added, while cautioning that those with \u201chealth challenges\u201d would likely need to take greater precautions.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmviikbti0007356uoz0xozi6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Residents whose skin or eyes have been exposed should remove contaminated clothing and rinse themselves with clean running water for at least 15 minutes, the department said, adding that if symptoms continue, people should seek medical care immediately.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmviikbti0008356u4lkyxb3w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Those affected should continue to follow instructions from emergency responders and local health officials.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmviiqmw0000a356u3givtesi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN\u2019s Aidan Johnstone contributed to this post.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breathing vapor from the chemical released by the tank may cause \u201ccoughing, throat burning, headache, or shortness of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":889981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-889980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/889981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}