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Posted on 02/20/2023 6:10:22 AM PST by Timber Rattler
Pennsylvania Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-33) visited East Palestine, Ohio and neighboring towns on Saturday following the devastating train derailment that took place two weeks ago.
In an exclusive interview with ABC 27 News, Mastriano said the derailment had the potential to be “one of the biggest ecological disasters in Pennsylvania history.”
“I was only there for four hours with my chief of staff, and my skin is burning, our throat and eyes are burning [and] we’ve had some coughing and skin rashes going on,” Mastriano said.
Residents near the derailment have reported similar symptoms, including headaches. Dead fish have also been spotted in the Ohio River near East Palestine.
“The folks in Pennsylvania that we interacted with feel like they’ve been abandoned,” Mastriano said. “There’s nothing coming to them. They haven’t heard from anybody — whether [that be] Harrisburg or Norfolk Southern.”
Gov. Josh Shapiro announced late last week that the Commonwealth will conduct its own independent water sampling to ensure levels are safe. Shapiro also pledged to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for the derailment.
On top of this, Mastriano will host a Senate Hearing on Thursday to discuss the disaster and what he said are the needs of Pennsylvanians.
The Shapiro Administration, the Department of Agriculture and the Federal Emergency Management Company have all been invited to attend, according to Mastriano. Mastriano also said he asked Norfolk Southern to participate, but the company declined. He plans to issue a subpoena, which could require the company to be in attendance.
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A bit late to the party, Senator?
Besides JD Vance, who else has bothered to even go?
So who else has gone and checked those streams personally besides J.D. Vance and Doug Mastriano?
Apologies for my cynicism, but it's earned.
Yeah, they’re holding hearings in AZ about the election - again. Repubs are great at having hearings and getting soundbites on TV and then, zilch.
So what would you have him do then?
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Good for Doug Mastriano he was carpet bombed with tens of millions of special interest money by Josh Shapiro in the governor’s race last year here in PA.
Not enough little folks like me who gave Doug something like a thousand dollars stepped up with that level of support to oppose the political machine and give Mastriano a chance.
Article doesn’t even mention the dioxins they are NOT testing for. The chemicals tested for were butyl acrylate, vinyl chloride, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, and ethylhexyl acrylate.
What firebug had the bright idea to ignite the cars?
Train was facing massive explosion like the one that took out the city of Bhopal. It would have leveled the town and countryside. So they dug pit around wreck to dump the PVCs and burn them. Approval had to come from Feds to ignite it. This is yet another Biden failure of judgment. Or revenge, as the county voted 70% for Trump and is 92% Caucasian. And dioxins do not release easily from the environment. Think Agent Orange.
“Approval had to come from the Feds...”
Exactly.
Workers were digging trench, puncturing tanks, setting explosives, etc.
Why wasn’t flame retardant dropped as in forest fires?
why weren’t efforts made to pull cars apart?
These tankers were made very secure after Lac Megantic incident (111mods?)
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