Looks like they decided to ship some of the waste to Michigan.

https://www.wxyz.com/news/watc...ine-train-derailment

Looks like The Washington Post disagrees with Petey Buttgag's statement that the train derailment is Trump's fault.

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“We decided to examine every possible regulatory change made under Trump that could be related to the accident and assess whether it could have made an impact,” read a review published Monday by Glenn Kessler at the Washington Post. “From our analysis, none of the regulatory changes made during the Trump administration at this point can be cited as contributing to the accident,” Kessler added.

https://www.breitbart.com/poli...y-change-made-trump/

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
Looks like they decided to ship some of the waste to Michigan.

https://www.wxyz.com/news/watc...ine-train-derailment

Didn’t Michigan just go NIMBY on this?

^^^I don't think ANYBODY wants hazardous/toxic waste in their back yard...Just sayin'

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Originally posted by oddball:

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“We decided to examine every possible regulatory change made under Trump that could be related to the accident and assess whether it could have made an impact,” read a review published Monday by Glenn Kessler at the Washington Post. “From our analysis, none of the regulatory changes made during the Trump administration at this point can be cited as contributing to the accident,” Kessler added.

Well, that's a tiny bit of progress, I suppose. In the past, The Washington Post would have looked through all those regulations, and finding nothing to hold against Donald Trump, they simply would not have reported their findings.

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“We decided to examine every possible regulatory change made under Trump that could be related to the accident and assess whether it could have made an impact,” read a review published Monday by Glenn Kessler at the Washington Post. “From our analysis, none of the regulatory changes made during the Trump administration at this point can be cited as contributing to the accident,” Kessler added.

The answer is in there somewhere....

President Grandpa won't go to East Palestine because he knows the residents would probably throw shit at him.

And he'd deserve every turd!

The problem is that when they cleaned him up afterwards, how would they know when to stop?

True! He's full of shit, through and through!

It has become clear that the media nor Government can be trusted to tell the truth. This leads to wild speculation on the internet. Last one I read was that the car was carrying chemical weapon material likely headed to the Aberdeen proving ground. Burning it turned it into phosgene. A gas used in WW1 for trench warfare.
That can't be true as we are not involved in trench warfare.
Another was that some was a chemical used for cleaning nuclear reactor rods. So, potentially, a midwest Chernobyl. The toxic cloud spread East and North although some are saying it went West.
I would like not to give credence to such thoughts, but I really do not trust our government nor media.
It does not seem like it is getting the scrutiny it deserves

CDC Research Team Members Fell Ill Studying Toxic Ohio Derailment, Agency Confirms

https://www.theepochtimes.com/...er&src_cmp=ZeroHedge

Nearly half of a government team investigating the potential health effects of a toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, fell ill while conducting their research, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In a March 31 statement provided to The Epoch Times, CDC spokesperson Belsie Gonzalez advised that the illnesses occurred on March 6, when seven members of a 15-person team of CDC and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) staff reported symptoms such as sore throat, headache, coughing, and nausea.

Their symptoms, Gonzalez noted, were consistent with those reported by some East Palestine residents and first responders, whom the team was surveying to assess the potential health effects of their exposure to the chemicals released by the Feb. 3 derailment.

Sore Throats, Headaches, Nausea
“Following protocol, team members reported the symptoms to federal safety officers,” she said.

“Symptoms resolved for most team members later the same afternoon, and everyone resumed work on survey data collection within 24 hours. Impacted team members have not reported ongoing health effects.”

Gonzalez added that the survey collection process, which started mid-February, will end on March 31.

“Once completed, CDC/ATSDR staff will analyze the data and provide it to state health officials in Ohio and Pennsylvania,” she said. “FEMA and EPA teams remain on the ground to support response efforts.”

News of the government employees’ illnesses followed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) filing of a lawsuit on March 31 against Norfolk Southern, seeking to hold the railroad company accountable for “unlawfully polluting the nation’s waterways” through the toxic derailment.

More at link:

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
^^^I don't think ANYBODY wants hazardous/toxic waste in their back yard...Just sayin'

If you only knew my friend, if you only knew… There is more haz waste being shipped throughout this country ( including NH ) than you could possibly imagine. My wife has worked in this field for over 30 years and I’ve heard more than you would ever want to know.

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Originally posted by wcb6092:
CDC Research Team Members Fell Ill Studying Toxic Ohio Derailment, Agency Confirms

https://www.theepochtimes.com/...er&src_cmp=ZeroHedge

“Symptoms resolved for most team members later the same afternoon, and everyone resumed work on survey data collection within 24 hours. Impacted team members have not reported ongoing health effects.”

Am I the only one skeptical of the veracity of that statement...

I have a friend of mine who formerly ran a massive nationwide environmental cleanup program. From the countless stories he has told me, NEVER trust anything the Government tells you. Always obtain documentable evidence, laboratory results, conduct independent sampling, etc. If there is a problem, the attorneys will bury the average Joe under a mountain of litigation and they will never see the light of day. The Government will not take accountability if they are in the wrong, especially if there is a big economic impact.

Just glad I live on the other side of Ohio and my watershed is not impacted by this freak show of a disaster.