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Buttigieg Breaks Silence 10 Days After Ohio Train Derailment
“I continue to be concerned about the impacts of the Feb 3 train derailment near East Palestine, OH, and the effects on families in the ten days since their lives were upended through no fault of their own,” Buttigieg tweeted. “It’s important that families have access to useful & accurate information.”
He laid out details of the derailment in the Twitter thread, sharing that the transportation department “has been supporting the investigation led by The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)” and that “Federal Rail Administration and Pipelines and Hazardous Materials teams were onsite within hours of the initial incident and continue to be actively engaged.” He said that federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) partners are actively monitoring the air quality both indoors and outdoors to test for “chemicals of concern.”
The EPA has screened 291 homes and found no detection of harmful fumes, Buttigieg tweeted. There are 181 houses left to screen.