Chemical Spills Prompt Drinking Water Warnings in Philly and Delaware River.

Philadelphia officials advised residents to switch to bottled water Sunday afternoon to avoid ingesting chemicals spilled into a tributary of the Delaware River in Bucks County Friday night. The water department closed intakes at its Baxter Drinking Water Treatment Plant on the Delaware River, following Friday night’s spill of more than 8,000 gallons of a latex-finishing solution into Otter Creek in Bristol Borough. Among the chemicals released into Otter Creek is butyl acrylate, which was one of the chemicals released in the East Palestine train derailment. The health risks associated with the chemicals were “very low,” and there is no concern related to skin exposure.