Residents of the small Ohio village of East Palestine gathered in a high school auditorium on Wednesday night to speak directly to community leaders and lawmakers about the train derailment disaster which sparked an evacuation of residents within a one-mile radius.
Residents complained of headaches and not knowing the exact cause because of a lack of testing for chemical toxicity that"may be causing these symptoms," one resident said at the meeting.One of the speakers addressing the audience said that the radius was determined by the Department of Transportation and other subject matter experts for an evacuation zone, and claimed the same is used across the country.
The EPA said the total drinking water wells that were sampled as of Feb. 15 was 21. Air monitoring by the EPA in ongoing according to the agency. Local police were seen in front of the community members seated in bleachers as the energy in the room became increasingly tense.
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