East Palestine residents criticize the federal response to the toxic train derailment after Transportation Secretary Buttigieg downplays the situation in Ohio.
Prior to speaking with Yahoo! Finance, Buttigieg had hardly engaged the situation in Ohio, downplaying and altogether ignoring the issue during several public appearances this week. , the largely Democrat-backed infrastructure bill and even touched on transportation safety, but failed to talk about the impacts that could possibly be felt by the East Palestine, Ohio, community for years to come due to toxic chemicals from the train.Monday evening to address the train derailment.
headaches, rashes and even chemical pneumonia despite the EPA and other officials claiming it is safe for locals to return. Toner, who lives a mile from the crash site, shared some health side effects that have continued and expressed her concern over resources such as clean drinking water.
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