The head of the U.S Environmental Protection Agency postponed a trip to Africa to visit the site of an Ohio train derailment and toxic spill for a third time on Tuesday after Republicans criticized the Biden administration's response to the incident.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan reassured concerned residents of East Palestine that testing showed water was safe to drink and the air safe to breathe after the Feb. 3 derailment led to a controlled burn of chemicals aboard rail cars.
"I recognize there has been a deficit of trust," Regan told reporters as he opened an EPA outreach office in a red-brick storefront in the town of 4,700. "We are going to be laser-focused on the cleanup and to continue to protect the public from any kind of harm."'s handling of the derailment. The administration in turn slammed Trump and his Republicans for slackening rail safety and environmental protections measures when they ran the government.
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