"Like we're not going through enough!"-#EastPalestineOH resident who along w/ others waited on line all morning for reimbursement from Norfolk Southern—but was turned away for not having their Social Security cards...which they weren't told they needed.
"Why do they need Social Security cards for everyone in my house?...My one foster child has a bloody nose, Saturday morning when we woke up she couldn't breathe, my little dog—we have a Shichon— could not breathe," -Sherry tells @louisd217
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Mar 4
EPA is "making a really bad situation and actually making it worse; the community has 5 groundwater wells...this water that's in this creek can end up in groundwater wells in literally days...there will be a chronic contamination for decades," water treatment expert Bob Bowcock
Bowcock, who has 30 years of water treatment experience and partners w/ @ErinBrockovich, told @louisd217 the EPA's response to the #EastPalestineOH derailment & explosion has been "haphazard" and "uncontrolled"
@ErinBrockovich @louisd217 WATCH FULL INTERVIEW w/ Bob Bowcock and @louisd217
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Mar 4
BREAKING: A temporary dam erected by Norfolk Southern in #EastPalestineOH —with contaminated water—is overflowing AGAIN where Leslie Run and Sulphur Run creeks meet. There are 5 water wells in close proximity drawing from groundwater. This is at edge of East Palestine City Park. ImageImageImageImage
The flooding is going into The Original Roadhouse restaurant parking lot where a lot of locals eat and drink. Pics taken by local resident Neko Figley, who posted on Facebook that he was told by contractors to leave because it was “super dangerous to be here right now.”
At last night's EPA/Norfolk Southern town hall w/ frustrated & desperate #EastPalestineOH residents, a Norfolk Southern lobbyist told residents and told them the company would not be paying to relocate residents despite widespread illnesses and homes that reek of chemicals...
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Mar 3
"My grandkids have been sick for 2 weeks...they were diagnosed w/ chemical burns on their skin & throats; diagnosed my daughter w/ chemical bronchitis," -Stella, #EastPalestineOH resident. Norfolk Southern would only reimburse daughter's hotel for 4 days. "I am absolutely livid."
After going downtown 2 days ago, Stella, 68, got really dizzy and had a headache ever since. "I was up all night in the bathroom sick to my stomach. My feet are numb, around my lips are tingling," she told @TinaDesireeBerg @RonPlacone
@TinaDesireeBerg @RonPlacone FULL INTERVIEW w/ Stella Gamble below (8:33-31:21) w/ @TinaDesireeBerg @RonPlacone
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Feb 24
🧵ALARMING: The EPA says #EastPalestineOH's air & water are safe, but its NOT testing for dioxins—"one of them is the most toxic chemical ever tested in the U.S." -science director Steven Lester

Dioxins cause cancer, reproductive/developmental/immune problems, diabetes, etc...
"EPA had to know when they were going to burn vinyl chloride that dioxin would be formed. It's CRIMINAL that they didn't come forward w/ that. It's in some ways up to folks in this room & town to hold them accountable," -Steven Lester, science director Center for Health &… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
"Dioxins once they are in the soil they don't break down very easily...because they are big and heavy they tend to accumulate in certain pools and that includes sometimes inside of organisms [like fish you consume]" -Dr. Carla Ng, Professor University of Pittsburgh Civil and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Feb 23
EXCLUSIVE: Students at #EastPalestineOH middle school revealed school is allowing kids to drink from water fountain after train explosion (parents granted permission for interview).

"We've all been having runny nose & headaches...when we go out of town we feel better" -Kylie
Despite Gov. Dewine & EPA claiming water in #EastPalestineOH is safe, many water experts warn it is too soon to declare water safe. Bob Bowcock, a water treatment engineer with 30 years of experience, told SC schools should be taking extra precautions...
The middle school students--McKenzie, Ronnie, and Kylie—told @louisd217 they and their siblings have runny noses, rashes, headaches, burning eyes, and burns on their leg when they shower. "When we go out of town...we feel better. When we come into town, our eyes start burning."
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Feb 22
"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."
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