Ohio residents fear chemical pollution

At this resident of East Palestine in Ohio (United States), staff from the Environmental Protection Agency proceed to final air analyses. The derailment of a train on February 3 caused a huge plume of smoke but also the spill of toxic products into the water. Even if the inhabitants have had the right to return to their homes, they remain suspicious.

Thousands of fish found dead

Some say they had ailments head and fear the appearance of cancers in a few years. But the authorities want to be reassuring. “The EPA assisted analyzes in more than 480 homes, and no traces of vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride were detected”, said Michael Regan, head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The authorities again authorized the use of municipal water… but the discharges caused the death of thousands of fish. Thursday, February 16, the Biden administration promised that all the light would be shed on the accident.