Residents of East Palestine, Ohio are voicing alarm and mistrust of officials after a train carrying hazardous materials crashed in their town, prompting emergency evacuations and a “controlled release” of chemicals into the air.
Others have questioned officials’ focus on the one-mile radius surrounding the train crash, warning that toxic substances could have drifted much further through the air and waterways.
“There was no wall in the sky. There was no wall in the waterways. It’s definitely floating in the airways whatever direction it has gone in and our waterways as well,” one resident told a local news outlet. “I just have concern for the water in general, horses, and people alike. There had to be quite a concentration in our local smaller waterways that is actually making an impact on the larger waterway of the Ohio River.
In the 10 days after the derailment, observers have lamented the lack of media attention the situation in East Palestine has garnered relative to other recent stories, including the U.S. military’s downing of several unidentified objects over the past week.that “one of the reasons the media is so silent about the Norfolk Southern disaster in East Palestine, OH is due in part to classism.”
“If there were toxic chemicals being released in a wealthy suburban area, there would be outrage,” Turner wrote on Twitter. “The silence is inexcusable.”We’re proud to publish real news 365 days of the year, completely free of charge to our readers.
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