TitleMarch 17, 2023
In the city of East Palestine, Ohio, USA, newly released data shows that the soil around the site of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in early February contained levels of dioxins hundreds of times higher than considered safe. . According to The Guardian newspaper, the data has been reviewed by former US Environmental Protection Agency officials and other chemical experts, who say the dioxins found in East Palestine are cause for concern, even though the amounts are below the limits set by federal cleanup regulations. in this case. The findings also contradict claims by the Environmental Protection Agency, which last week told Congress that dioxin levels were “very low”.
In 2010, when the Environmental Protection Agency concluded that dioxins pose a cancer risk, the agency tried to lower the allowable limit for dioxin levels, but the Obama administration maintained the limit. In related news, two trains are operated by the railroad company BNSF slipped this Thursday in the states of Arizona and Washington. In the Washington crash, several clean-up teams had to be deployed after about 20,000 liters of fuel leaked on the Swinomish Indian reservation.
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