Saturday, February 25, 2023

EPA released final testing results in East Palestine

Ohio Department of Natural Resources Estimates 44,000 Animals Killed By East Palestine Train Derailment

This new calculation estimates that a total of 38,222 minnows were potentially killed as a result of the derailment.It is estimated that a total of around 5,500 other species – again, things like small fish, crayfish, amphibians and macro-invertebrates, were also potentially killed as a result of the derailment.”

On Friday, the Ohio EPA released their final testing results, saying “that there is no indication of risk to East Palestine Public Water customers.”

“Treated drinking water shows no detection of contaminants associated with the derailment,” the agency said.

Politicians, including Ohio Lt. Governor Jon Husted, started drinking the tap water in East Palestine on camera over the weekend to “prove” that it is safe.

Did anyone offer Pete Buttigieg a glass of water?

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