During a news conference, Debra Shore, a regional administrator with the EPA, announced that the agency has conducted hundreds of home re-entry screenings and is continuing air monitoring from 15 stations within the community.
Environmental officials said Sunday that residential and outdoor air quality levels in East Palestine, Ohio, remained normal, just days after a town hall where frustrated residents and activists continued to demand answers on what chemicals they have been exposed to after the During a news conference on Sunday, Debra Shore, a regional administrator with the Environmental Protection Agency, gave a series of updates, announcing that to date the agency has conducted 578 home re-entry screenings...
"All of this is great news for people of East Palestine and the surrounding community," Shore told reporters. "Because it means the cleanup can continue at a rapid pace. As I said yesterday, we owe it to East Palestine and residents nearby to move waste out of the community as quickly as possible and that's exactly what we're working to do."
Officials also announced that the EPA and other responding agencies will be hosting an open house later this week where residents can get questions answered.
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