NYT OPINION: A Warning for the Newest Victims of Federal Neglect and Corporate Greed in Ohio
By Vanessa Ogle
Section: Opinion
Source: New York Times
Published Date: March 3, 2023 at 02:00AM
It’s impossible to know what environmental and health challenges the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, will face in the years to come, but my worry is that they will know what I experienced from childhood onward: unease, loved ones getting sick and a fear of natural landscapes that should be local treasures.
In East Palestine, the derailment of a freight train last month, which was carrying toxic chemicals, including vinyl chloride, has already had a clear impact on wildlife and residents. The Environmental Protection Agency continues to monitor the situation.
By Vanessa Ogle
Section: Opinion
Source: New York Times
Published Date: March 3, 2023 at 02:00AM
I grew up near a toxic disaster. The years ahead in East Palestine could be tough.
Dead birds still fall from the sky near my hometown. Their bodies hit the ground as part of the fallout of an environmental disaster that dates back to the 1970s, the result of corporate pollution that made the county I grew up in the home of one of Michigan’s most notorious Superfund sites.It’s impossible to know what environmental and health challenges the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, will face in the years to come, but my worry is that they will know what I experienced from childhood onward: unease, loved ones getting sick and a fear of natural landscapes that should be local treasures.
In East Palestine, the derailment of a freight train last month, which was carrying toxic chemicals, including vinyl chloride, has already had a clear impact on wildlife and residents. The Environmental Protection Agency continues to monitor the situation.
Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/opinion/east-palestine-ohio-derailment-michigan.html
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