{"id":1455116,"date":"2024-02-03T01:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T06:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1455116"},"modified":"2024-02-03T01:40:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T06:40:00","slug":"east-palestine-ohio-water-still-contaminated-as-biden-prepares-victory-lap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/east-palestine-ohio-water-still-contaminated-as-biden-prepares-victory-lap\/1455116\/","title":{"rendered":"East Palestine, Ohio Water Still Contaminated\u00a0As Biden Prepares Victory Lap\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

East Palestine, Ohio Water Still Contaminated\u00a0As Biden Prepares Victory Lap\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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President Biden’s\u00a0planned trip to East Palestine<\/a>, Ohio, is pure politics as the election cycle begins. The White House plans to do a victory lap on its response to the train derailment that nuked the small town with toxic chemicals one year ago. Yet, a new report reveals the federal government’s response has been sub-par, with cancer-causing chemicals still found in surrounding rivers and streams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One year after the Norfolk Southern train derailment,\u00a0NewsNation<\/em><\/a>\u00a0found toxic chemicals in rivers and streams around East Palestine. This comes even as the Environment Protection Agency has given residents the all-clear to return.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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As residents return, some are developing “rashes, chronic nose bleeds, respiratory infections and many other side effects,” according to NewsNation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I undressed to get into the shower, and I had a rash all over the side of my face on both sides and all over my chest,” East Palestine resident Kaitlyn said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jessica Conard, another resident, said, “We are still experiencing some acute health care impacts” after the train derailment one year ago.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

“Ultimately, what we need to understand is that there are still unmet needs here in terms of medical, and the health of this community needs to come first,” Conard said.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Arthur Chang, the chief medical officer in the CDC’s environmental health division, confirmed to the media outlet a chemical exposure blanketed the town and persisting symptoms from residents are proof:<\/p>\n

\u00a0“We may not know how to get rid of the vinyl chloride from the body, but we know how to treat those cancers.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, shortly after the incident, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine asked the Biden administration to issue a disaster declaration after 116,000 gallons of the carcinogen vinyl chloride exploded after the train derailment. The White House has since ignored this request while residents continue to suffer health problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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NewsNation pointed out, “Despite calls for concern, the CDC is not testing the health of East Palestine residents or collecting samples.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

We have questions:<\/p>\n

Why is that? <\/em><\/p>\n

Why is the federal government ignoring the suffering in East Palestine?<\/em><\/p>\n

However, separate from the federal government, Erin Haynes, a professor at the University of Kentucky, has been tracking the health of 400 residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Haynes said, “Three out of four of the participants reported having at least one new health symptom,” adding, “Eighty percent of the respondents reported an upper respiratory health symptom.”<\/p>\n

“The main question is if these symptoms remain. And half of the residents, even in our follow-ups, are saying that their symptoms remain,” she said.<\/p>\n

Shockingly, NewsNation said, “Haynes is the only person tracking the short and long-term health effects in the community.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, I have not seen an organized public health response from our federal agencies,” Haynes continued, noting, “The public health response was severely lacking.”<\/em><\/p>\n

More from NewsNation:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Americans have witnessed the Biden administration’s neglect of East Palestine, prioritizing endless foreign wars and a border invasion while their own citizens suffered in what could be one of the worst chemical disasters in years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Someone needs to tell the clueless Biden team their victory lap is not only premature but a disgrace to the residents who are suffering. Clearly, Ukraine was more important than East Palestine.<\/p>\n

Recall days after the derailment…<\/p>\n

East Palestine, Ohio Mayor Trent Conaway: \u201cI found out today through one of the briefings that [Biden] was in the Ukraine giving millions to people over there and doing nothing for us. I\u2019m furious.\u201dpic.twitter.com\/8jn32aI4kc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) February 21, 2023<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 02\/02\/2024 – 20:40<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bRead More<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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East Palestine, Ohio Water Still Contaminated\u00a0As Biden Prepares Victory Lap\u00a0 President Biden’s\u00a0planned trip to East Palestine, Ohio, is pure politics as the election cycle begins….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1455116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1455116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1455116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1455116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}