President Biden is making sure the federal government is keeping tabs on residents in the city where a train derailment and fire Feb. 3 led to toxic chemicals being released into the environment.
President Joe Biden told the press Friday that he has no plans to visit East Palestine, Ohio following the Feb. 3 train derailment that forced members of the community to leave their homes and continues to pose environmental threats to the general vicinity.
Ohio residents filed a class action lawsuit on Thursday against the railroad company Norfolk Southern after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in early February and cast a toxic plume of chemicals over the town and polluted the air and water, according to the lawsuit’s text.
Researchers from Texas A&M University and Carnegie Mellon University claimed East Palestine, Ohio, residents may face long-term health risks from exposure to harmful chemicals in the train derailment.
An independent environmental scientist and chemical spill expert Stephen Petty conducting analyses of East Palestine, Ohio, said, “It wasn’t a controlled burn.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his press secretary avoided explanations as to why Buttigieg took almost three weeks to travel to East Palestine, Ohio, following a hazardous train derailment.
The NTSB has released its initial report on the East Palestine train derailment in Ohio, which tentatively supports reports that a wheel bearing severely overheated prior to the accident.
