"Are one of my children gonna have to drop dread?"-Candice, #EastPalestineOH resident w/ 5 sons who have rashes & other symptoms after explosion. Sons had to take DECONTAMINATION SHOWER before DR—who couldn't diagnose them w/ chemical burns w/out guidance from health dpt.🧵THREAD
"Every time I get a shower for two hours it's like my body is on fire: why have I never experienced that for the 44 years that I've lived in East Palestine?" -Candice DeSanzo says. Her kids are also having diarrhea, nosebleeds, coughing, headaches, and sore throat...
"Everybody is getting sicker & sicker: they've not only ruined my home, my health of my children, they've ripped my life away from me, it's not just our houses— it's just a house—these people in town are my friends, they're my life...nobody can sustain life the way we're living."
FULL INTERVIEW w/ #EastPalestineOH resident Candice DeSanzo and our @louisd217
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