WASHINGTON — The government sent a medical corps of workers and toxicologists to conduct public fitness tests after a spilled noxious product exercise derailed in a small town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.
A team from the U. S. Department of Health and Human ServicesThe U. S. Department of Disease Control and Prevention will be present in East Palestine, Ohio, along with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, thanks to the efforts of the EPA and the state. The Department of Health, management officials said in a call with reporters Friday.
Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine and the state congressional delegation on Thursday requested more federal assistance to conduct public fitness tests and assessments, according to administration officials, who spoke in the background.
On February 3, a South Norfolk Railway exercise derailed in eastern Palestine, a city of about 5,000 people, releasing harmful chemicals by burning in a controlled manner to prevent an explosion. He forced citizens to evacuate the area.
“It’s a terrible mistake,” a management official said. “Trauma has visited this community. “
Ohio lawmakers and EPA Administrator Michael Regan traveled to eastern Palestine to hear from residents, who have complained of rashes, headaches and dead fish in the domain since the derailment and controlled fire.
ATSDR will also send a team to interview others in the derailment domain and conduct an assessment of the chemical exposure investigation, management officials said.
Administration officials said the EPA tested the air quality of 500 homes as part of a voluntary assessment procedure and found no degree of air quality fear from vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride. Five of the cars had vinyl chloride, which is used to make plastics, and hydrogen chloride is a poisonous chemical released by the combustion of vinyl chloride.
Vinyl chloride is classified as a human carcinogen by the Department of Health and Human Services and the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
The administration said EPA will continue to monitor the air, soil and surface waters of the Ohio River and conduct voluntary assessments of residents’ homes. Describe your cleaning actions.
“Norfolk Southern responded and agreed to fund the reaction costs, however, we will continue to exercise the full authority of the law to hold the company accountable for the Comprehensive Environmental (Response), Compensation and Liability Act,” a management official said.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act is known as the Superfund Act, which gives the EPA the authority to investigate the parties at fault, in this case, Norfolk Southern, for the release of pollutants and contaminants in the vicinity and requires those guilty of concealing poisonous releases.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which is an independent federal agency, is investigating the cause of the exercise derailment and plans to release its initial findings within weeks, management officials said. points from its initial research.
“Surveillance video showed what appears to be a wheel bearing in the last phase of an overheating failure moments before the derailment,” according to NTSB investigators. NTSB Materials Laboratory in Washington, D. C. “
by Ariana Figueroa, Lantern of Kentucky February 17, 2023
WASHINGTON — The government sent a medical corps of workers and toxicologists to conduct public fitness tests after a spilled noxious product exercise derailed in a small town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.
A team from the U. S. Department of Health and Human ServicesThe U. S. Department of Disease Control and Prevention will be present in East Palestine, Ohio, along with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, thanks to the efforts of the EPA and the state. The Department of Health, management officials said in a call with reporters Friday.
Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine and the state congressional delegation on Thursday requested more federal assistance to conduct public fitness tests and assessments, according to administration officials, who spoke in the background.
On February 3, a South Norfolk Railway exercise derailed in eastern Palestine, a city of about 5,000 people, releasing harmful chemicals by burning in a controlled manner to prevent an explosion. He forced citizens to evacuate the area.
“It’s a terrible mistake,” a management official said. “Trauma has visited this community. “
Ohio lawmakers and EPA Administrator Michael Regan traveled to eastern Palestine to hear from residents, who have complained of rashes, headaches and dead fish in the domain since the derailment and controlled fire.
ATSDR will also send a team to interview other people in the derailment domain and conduct an evaluation of the chemical exposure investigation, management officials said.
Administration officials said the EPA tested the air quality of 500 homes as part of a voluntary assessment procedure and found no degree of air quality fear from vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride. Five of the cars had vinyl chloride, which is used to make plastics, and hydrogen chloride is a poisonous chemical released by the combustion of vinyl chloride.
Vinyl chloride is classified as a human carcinogen by the Department of Health and Human Services and the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
The administration said EPA will continue to monitor the air, soil and surface waters of the Ohio River and conduct voluntary assessments of residents’ homes. Describe your cleaning actions.
“Norfolk Southern responded and agreed to fund the reaction costs, however, we will continue to exercise the full authority of the law to hold the company accountable for the Comprehensive Environmental (Response), Compensation and Liability Act,” a management official said.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act is known as the Superfund Act, which gives the EPA the authority to investigate the parties at fault, in this case, Norfolk Southern, for the release of pollutants and contaminants in the vicinity and requires those guilty of concealing poisonous releases.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which is an independent federal agency, is investigating the cause of the exercise derailment and plans to release its initial findings within weeks, management officials said. points from its initial research.
“Surveillance video showed what appears to be a wheel bearing in the last phase of an overheating failure moments before the derailment,” according to NTSB investigators. NTSB Materials Laboratory in Washington, D. C. “
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