President Joe Biden cited his busy work schedule when asked why he still has not visited East Palestine, Ohio, the site of a train derailment in February that released dangerous chemicals into the air and local water.
According to a report from Fox News, the topic came up Saturday while Biden was talking to reporters in Live Oak, Florida, where he was surveying the damage from Hurricane Idalia."Well, I haven't had the occasion to go to East Palestine," Biden said."There's a lot going on here, and I just haven't been able to break.
A Norfolk Southern train carrying numerous toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine on Feb. 3. Several rail cars caught fire, and authorities later conducted a controlled burn at the site, releasing substances such as hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air. Residents within a one-mile radius were evacuated but shortly after were permitted to return.
Subsequent testing prompted concerns about the safety of the water in the area's creeks, as well as in some private wells, and residents maintain that emergency response agencies should be doing much more to help test and clean up the town. Many members of the community have told press outlets that they fear developing cancers and other diseases in the coming years as a result of their exposure to hazardous conditions near their homes.
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