Gregory Mascher, a resident of East Palestine, Ohio, shares his ongoing struggles two years after a Norfolk Southern train derailment released hazardous chemicals into the environment. He describes the lasting health impacts on himself and his family, the division within the community, and the profound distrust towards authorities.
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio - Every time Gregory Mascher hears a train whistle or one roaring through his small town, he said he is reminded of the fiery, toxic train derailment that happened two years ago.
“I know it affects the girls,” Mascher said about his granddaughters. “They don’t always talk about it, but they never have good things to say even if we’re sitting at the tracks.”He said everything changed two years ago when a Norfolk Southern train derailed less than a mile from their home sending hazardous vinyl chloride into the air, soil, and water.
“It’s not our town we used to have,” Mascher said. “The division between the people, you have the people that say, ‘yeah it’s over move on with your life’ and then you have the other half that is going through the symptoms that are still suffering.”“The coughing, the headaches, you still get headaches and that’s where the doctors are they can’t really say your headaches from the derailment or the chemicals,” Mascher said. “We’ve never had the headaches like that before.
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