Anger is mounting in East Palestine, Ohio in the aftermath of the train derailment followed by controlled burn of hazardous chemicals. Despite assurances that it’s safe for thousands of evacuees to return home, residents are still concerned. NBC News’ Ron Allen spoke with the head of the EPA about the incident.
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#NBCNews #Ohio #Train
This is the most incompetent administration in history.
Watch the movie Unbreakable. Oops
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Reporter: “What do you say to people here who are scared?”
EPA boss: “I’m a father.”
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Control burn off hazardous chemicals 🤣😂🤣😂
Infrastructure WEAK.
Make the officials drink the water and stay there for a week, and then let everyone know how they feel.
Absolutely!
That is what bottled water is for… I never drink city water.. Everything they put in it..
This story gets very little coverage from mainstream media, and the Biden administration is ignoring it.
Obama put regulations on rail transportation that specified that especially hazmat carrying trains had regular brake examinations.
Trump rolled back those regulations.
Unfortunately, this horrible accident happened now, during the current administration.
If Trump didn’t overturn Obama’s policy, this may well have been avoided.
@B & L Nunya bizness
It was about air brake checks frequently. It was costly to the RR industry, and they didn’t like it. Trump gave them a big break by rolling back those pesky regulations.
@Royale with Cheese It was about the use of electronically controlled pneumatic brakes on trains carrying crude oil (along with speed and upgraded railcar rules for crude oil trains) not these types of chemicals. “Trump officials roll back Obama oil train safety rule”…by Timothy Cama writing for The Hill. Look it up.
What you’re implying is that the electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes regulation applies *only* to trains carrying crude oil and no other hazmat. Doesn’t that seem stupid to you?
“Be sure that trains carrying crude oil are using the safest of braking systems but no worries about other hazardous materials. Just let fly.”
We can squabble about this back and forth, but I’m not going to, but I stand by my statement that rolling back that brake requirement may have made this train derailment more possible than not.
@Royale with Cheese According to politifact on Feb 15th they reported on this “However, this rule, if it had remained in effect, would not have applied to that Norfolk Southern train as it was not categorized as “high hazard” and imagine blaming Trump when it is well into Biden’s term and after passing a 1 trillion infrastructure bill, he watched over 1,000 trains derail in 2022 “BUT BUT TRUMP!” 😂
@Royale with Cheese do you think a railroad company would want to save a few cents in brakes and allow incredibly expensive equipment money and uptime to go to waste? That’s like you needing a government regulation to have working brakes on your car.
As if living in Ohio wasn’t bad enough already.
Better than living in California or New York.
Ain’t nobody bowing down to you or no stalking klan Mafia gang that play by no rules that stalk children with the government and Fed’s
But continue to trust your government and vote Democrat everyone! LMAO.
Don’t act concerned now. Like you said, it’s been 2 weeks, and you’re just now talking about this? Smh.
EPA chief, look at the (“source” )that says it’s safe to return! THAT SAYS IT ALL!!! Look at the residence!! I CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH THAT!!! You got to be blind not to!!! THERE NEEDS TO BE A REPLACEMENT FOR THAT EPA CHEIF, disgusting!! Typical! Wake up! LOOK WHO THEY ARE BEING TOLD BY!!! WAKE UP!
finally mainstream talking about it
America’s Chernobyl.
Ok, drama.
@mitch103178 wait ten years and tell me I was wrong.
MSM are now interested after two weeks of reporting about Not Chinese weather balloons. Hmmmm…. Suss.
I am a father, and a husband = I need this job to provide for them and will say whatever I am told to say
REMEMBER NBC REFUSED TO COVER THIS STORY ABOUT HOW OUR FED GOVT INTENTIONALLY LET A DANGEROUS TRAIN FULL OF TOXIC CHEMICALS DERAIL DUE TO HIMNA INTERFERENCE NBC DIDNT REPORT TILL FOX DID…NBC IS PART OF THE ELITISM THAT WANTS YOU DEAD NBC IS PROPAGANDA
These people will get cancer & die. & all the private railroad company does is offer a 25$ check. This is mindblowing
I live about 50 miles away from this. There was a concerted media cover up to prevent the general public from knowing about this. The only reason some of us found out was word of mouth from locals. Our water will soon be contaminated downstream and the air closer to that train wreck is absolutely unsafe to breathe.
They poisoned you with phosgene, one of the worst chemical weapons that killed over a million people during World War I in Europe.
Bottle that water and hand it to the officials “handling” this chemical warfare game.
@Cody Farmer
A news reporter was pulled from his broadcast and beaten for “speaking too loudly”.
It’s not accidental derailment.
@yellow Squash don’t provide disinformation. His unconstitutional arrest was ordered and repealed by the governor and attorney General, if I remember correctly.
@Jak Kom
Found a Bot ☝️.
It was on TV for all to see and hear.
Sorry but go somewhere else w your B.S.
NBC doing what it does best. Coverup.
Look the news is finally doing there job… actually reporting something real. Media is 🤡s.
They tried their best to keep this under wraps but social media is the reason these worthless liars are even touching it now. Just like they didn’t touch the maxwell trial or the current list. These aren’t reporters they’re talking heads that have been bought and payed for to bark on command.
Next on the Menu: American Human Habitat Loss, Managed Retreat, Planetary Hospice. The diabolical republican rage grievance hysterics backing the omnipotent corporations that burn America into the ground will just sweep this under the rug. YOU CAN BET ON IT. 🇺🇲🦖☄️
People need to relax and quit watching the fake news! Everything is fine. Do you really think the EPA is lying! Norfolk Southern is doing ba great job! So much misinformation about this!
People live there have the right for transparent sampling and testing practices with the air, water and soil.
They should bottle up the water and send it to the white house for drinking
Sell your home and get out
There has been many trains derailed throughout the United States many chemicals have been wasted on her land these train companies are owned by blackrocks the product on these train are owned by Black Rock black rock owns about 98% of the companies in the United States this is a biological attack on American citizens
It was intentional 💣
Your government bombed you.
Its not safe .. 😈
IM CONCERNED BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS THINGING IT’S OK TO LIE TO THE PPL AND SAY ITS OK,
My advice to the folks who live anywhere nearby to move and don’t look back. Looks like another Flint Michigan in the making in Ohio. I wouldn’t believe officials I’d place my trust in not governmental agencies, doctors and scientists on when and if it will ever be safe to live there again.
I only found out about this through a Meme people shared on social media. Even memes and sh*tposters are more reliable news source than media outlets. 😒
lies.. lies
If you believe the MSM, you deserve what you get.
Where were the health concerns for the people of Flint? This is worst, God don’t like ugly people. Open your eyes
How about give that raise back since they can’t drive
EPA send a black rep. for all white community… I mean c’mon if that isn’t deliberate!!! Every home this guy goes into and spews his lies should be downed with a glass of water from that home!!! I would be offering him a glass of water once he sat down in my living room and if he refuses my water than get then F… OUT!!!
the canary in the coal mine approach. these people are screwed.
The saddest truth about this eco disaster and every other form of pollution is that only one of God’s species is responsible for all of it.
Every other creature on this planet and in the oceans are innocent victims of every part of pollution that man creates. From oil spills into the once pristine waters to the satellites that will eventually fall out of the sky, every bit of environmental pollution, including bulldozing their natural habitat and pushing them out of their own land for our needs is all done by one species.
This planet will only be fit for the rest of God’s creatures – the ones who don’t put plastics in the oceans – when humans cease to exist.
There is no planet B.
I don’t hear any birds
If I were the current administration, I’d be very worried about my election/reelection chances being torpedoed by this and my lack of care or attention to the matter..
These same politicians are going to expect you to vote for them even if you end up with cancer and /or die.
Give them their walking papers instead and sue the F out of the railroad.
😂🤣😂 voters will forget about this in a couple months
@chad fr Sadly, you’re right because most of them do whatever Twitter or tiktok tell them to now.
I’m not.
The entire federal government can go pound sand.
Do yourself a favor and don’t donate to any campaigns or politicians, you need that money more than they do.
THE LAST OF US
This is a national tragedy!!!!!!!!!
the media will do anything to make the Biden administration look competent
DONT TRUST ANYONE
Black Rock, State Street and Vangaurd have serious holdings in Norfolk Southern and most main stream media. Who you gonna trust? The people in this town need to move away from the area and find a life elsewhere. I’d rather be healthy and lose money than be poisoned by the toxic chemicals. I am hoping and wishing these poor people don’t suffer too much as a result of complicit media, greedy corporations and equally complicit government who have not informed people properly, have not protected people in these town where dangerous freight is going through and not protected the safety of railway workers.
I understand the people are suffering please do not be harsh to Norfolk southern Because I am a train enthusiast
THE ANTICHRIST IS IN CHARGE OF ALL THIS MESS.
APOCALYPSE CHAPTER 6🇵🇰🏹🇵🇰
DANIEL CHAPTER 11 VERSE 37🇵🇰🏳️🌈👈🏿
So people in Ohio…. VOTE! Who gave the okay 👌 for this control burn? A Republican!!!! So vote! Or don’t complain 😒
Believe me in a couple of weeks, the American left is going to make derogatory statements about the residence in his Ohio town. They’re already starting to do it.
Church is where child molesters go to be forgiven and accepted by their fellow child molesters
Let all the top officials go back themselves and stay there for at least a week to a month and see how they feel
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Propaganda don’t trust the government
FIRE BUTTGIG, AND ALL (D)EMONCRATS
EPA = SATAN
So drink the water EPA guy……
Get ZERO WATER FILTER SYSTEM
“We will not walk away” As they walk away. 🤑
In the end, you can always blame greed and incompetence for these accidents. Mostly greed, though. I wish human life was more important than money, but sadly, to a lot of people, it isn’t.
And because of that the ones responsible need to be put in prison this is genocide in mind taking a lot of paperwork and eventually died from some sort of cancer and newborn babies in the womb won’t even make it past a month
I hate to say this but the EPA has a PR Division. When they send an African American person they (the EPA) are not to he trusted. He is the low man on the totem pole. Unlike his white colleagues he cannot refuse to go and still keep his job. He is being used and you are being lied to. He is the sacrificial lamb.
You rly bring colores into that?!?
Where did you been, 8,9,10 day’s before, NO COMMENT 👎
Could this effect Columbus Ohio?
To get federal assistance East Palestine, OH just needs to fly the Ukrainian flag. Joe will send boatloads of cash once he sees it.
We need a complete clean out of all government agencies the FBI the EPA all of them are corrupt and lie to us I don’t understand how Ukraine gets billions but I guarantee you anyone who gets sick won’t see a dime
What about apartment rentals.
I’d be interested if price is right a train derailment doesn’t bother me.
I watch the same exact train and company go through my backyard everyday with the same tankers.
Really had to dig and search for this news coverage
Just leave
Karma for Viet
The US is a failed and terrorist state but when it comes to creating conflict all over the world or fund disinformation, propaganda, coups, terrorists, wars, fascist regime, the US will be the first and no amount of money is too small. Hallelujah.
Predictive Programming/ Revelation of the Method:
Remember Love Canal in 1978. All the government agencies responsible at the time NEW there was a serious problem BUT the population effected DID NOT EARN ENOUGH to justify a clean up!
What has changed?
NOTHING
The movie, White Noise is a blueprint
Where is Greta?
So our government houses and feeds illegal’s that cross our border but when it comes to its own citizens they basically have to fend for themselves
After the contents were released I’m very shocked there weren’t immediate warnings.
Find and ask a chemist.
You know people most train derailments is normally the fault of someone going around a crossing gate that is down. And the train locking it’s brakes.. Sometimes something going wrong with the train. Don’t matter if it’s a train a semi an airplane or a bus. They are all like a car man made. Man or Wo(man) is not perfect no nothing we make is perfect something always goes wrong !! Maybe one of you there are complaining about this is the 1 that made the part that caused it to derail !! Or maybe 1 of you is the one that filled the cars up and did not fill one car full enough that cause it to tip !! Or maybe one of your daughters sons or mothers or fathers or aunts or uncles or grandma’s or grandpa’s drove around crossing gate that was down causing the train to derail !!
This administration is an absolute joke, they have no shame at all leaving these families stuck in a chemical disaster area. Buttijughead should resign. FEMA top ppl should resign. Biden should resign. The democrat led govt is a clown car.
Should of listened to the First Nations people
Biden doesn’t care about poor white people jack.
Make sure you get vaccinated again and vote democrat 🤡
This is more than a derailment jerk! Are there many toxic chemical train derailments BUTTGOOG? It ain’t the same as a derailment!!!
These people could be Barack’s children!!
The Trump administration has finalized a roll back of Obama-era regulations for oil trains.
The rules, which date back to 2015, required railroads carrying crude oil or other flammable liquids to outfit their trains with more responsive electronic braking systems. The rules came in response to concerns about explosions and spills from mile-long trains of crude and ethanol. In the Northwest, those trains move along the Columbia River and through cities to coastal refineries.
“TRUMP IS THE REASON THE AXLE FAILED ON THIS TRAIN AND ALSO ALL THE TRAIN DERAILMENTS LATELY!” 😂🤣😂😂
Trump was the worst president in American history. Truly spectacular
@A B You do know we can actually see with our eyes what is going on right now, right? 😂
NFS deserves this for laying thousands of people off after hiring them.
The residents are stocking up on bottled water: 1 and a half cases of water
Mainstream media where’s your conscience & duty to actually report a true news & major treat on derailment on day 1 to present. People never get any assistance to all families impacted 5 toxic petroleum, dioxide exposure, terrible, they all need medical acuity.
They have no money because they have to take care of illegal immigrants nothing for American citizens
Black Rock Financial that has 8 trillion dollars in assets is the largest investor in the train company that caused this. Those people could care less about the people-All they wanted was that train back up and running to maximize their profits-They nuked East Palestine by their so called controlled burn. All over a wheel bearing!!! You would think tanker rail cars carrying these dangerous chemicals would be subject to routine replacement of wheel bearings/automatic replacement/service at a certain interval just like we do maintenance/upkeep on everything else to make sure this COULD NEVER HAPPEN!!!
I’ve been an environmental consultant for several years. Vinyl chloride is one of the most toxic compounds out there. It takes only a very small amount of vinyl chloride to pose a cancer risk. It’s extremely dangerous. I would tell people to stay completely clear of this area.
BIDEN REGIME: SORRY CAN’T HELP WE MUST SEND BILLIONS TO UKRAINE.
All lies…All lies…All lies…They will not admit to the tragedy. We don’t need no white or black officials lying to us.
Why is there so much criticism lately in this and similar cases. The US is capitalist meaning a “for profit” country, not a “for people” communist enterprise. People compare it to the airline industry that follows global standards that can’t be applied to American standards used for rail. American standards for safety, health, and the environment have to be 90% lower for financial gain. So human losses are built in. Money is what makes the US the most powerful country on earth and nothing else…
Did you know Fox News is owned by the same 3 companies that own Norfolk Southern Rail? The Vanguard Group, BlackRock and SSgA. Look it up, just like CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS. Any Questions?
BOTTLE UP THAT CHEMICAL WATER AND SHIP IT TO DEMOCRAT OFFICIALS/ CONGRESS/ BIDEN.
They are using chemical warfare and should drink their OWN poison.
A news reporter was taken off the air during his talking point on this subject and beaten for “speaking too loudly”.
#F**KtheGLOBA govt
I just want to know if the b******* president that we have is saying he’s going to give out money to our own people like he has people in Ukraine
Lol this what happens when you voted for:
1) republican
2)Trump set back epa regulations
3) A governor who wanted less government over site
Congrats Ohio, you screwed yourself over
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This happened two weeks ago, and as so many interesting facts and snippets still manage to come up, that tells me that there is indeed contamination that has set long term repercussions into play that certain entities _don’t_ want to be responsible, nor held accountable for!
The government and mainstream media was more interested in UFOs and Ukraine. They arrested a reporter last week for trying to report the news
Must give some time for the US admin to find an excuse or who to blame, the Chinese or the Russians for sabotaging the train before a full report can be released.