East Palestine residents look to independent researchers to fill gaps left by authorities.
Some independent researchers have arrived on the scene, hoping to help with more measurements and analyses. Others have been invited by residents who want a second opinion. The teams think they can help to fill the gaps left by authorities.
On 6 February, three days after the train accident, authorities evacuated a 5-square-kilometre area that includes East Palestine. They punctured the train cars to drain the chemicals they had been carrying, including vinyl chloride and butyl acrylate, into pits. This was followed by a ‘controlled burn’ of the materials, to avoid an explosion, which generated an enormous black cloud over the site and probably created acrolein and other combustion by-products.
Keith Richeal, an East Palestine resident who lives five blocks from the train-derailment site, says that a strong chemical odour in the air still comes and goes, depending on the weather, and that his family has been experiencing symptoms that he thinks are related to the spill. His wife has a rash on her back, and he has been having bloody noses. He doesn’t have trust in the EPA test results because they “are all coming back the same”.
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