Erin Brockovich, the consumer advocate made famous by the eponymous movie, said that she is attempting to gather information about the derailment and train fire that prompted the evacuation of the village of East Palestine, Ohio
“I’m trying to gather information on this very serious situation in Ohio involving a train derailment with hazardous chemicals,” Brockovich wrote on Twitter over the past weekend. “What I will say is this. Trust your eyes, ears and nose and get the hell out of there if your senses are telling you too.”
On Monday afternoon, Brockovich—who was the subject of the 2000 Academy Award-winning film “Erin Brockovich”—called on the federal government to be more transparent.
“The Biden administration needs to get more involved in this #PalestineOhio train derailment now. We are counting on you to break the chain of administration after administration to turn a blind eye. STEP UP NOW,” she wrote.
Earlier this month, a train with about four-dozen freight cars heading from Illinois to Pennsylvania derailed in East Palestine, sparking state officials to issue an evacuation of the area amid a “controlled release,” meaning burning, of toxic materials. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that the train was carrying hazardous materials, including the highly toxic vinyl chloride.
So far, there have been some reports from local residents of animals dying off, including fish, chickens, and livestock. One local official confirmed there was a fish die-off in waterways around East Palestine.
always amazes me that yo go to 7-11 and steal something you are going to jail. commit a corporate crime against humanity and ………..!
What’s happening here is the government is telling residents to vacuum your carpets, whip down your counter surfaces, and everything will be alright. The truth is microscopic chemicals have penetrated every single microscopic crevice found in those homes and have poisoned those homes permanently. Those home owners must be compensated 150% the value of the property so that they can easily relocate away from the environmental disaster. Until then, those families lives have been ruined.
The effects were hearing of sore throats, headaches, and the deaths of pets, fish and other wildlife too. I would have already moved out .
What they have not been telling you is that it has long been known the rail system and power grid are the most antiquated and susceptible of infrastructures to accidents and possible terrorists domestic and otherwise. Everyone opposes overseen regulation and inspections until the shit spills in their backyards and then they are quick to demand who and why and hold someone accountable. Anyone observant that has traveled to any other First World country doesn’t have to be an Engineer or Rocket Scientist when they come home and look around at how OLD broken down DIRTY and ineffective our entire infrastructure is. It’s sad they will not do something REAL about it. It would create a lot of jobs better than building shiny strip malls and fast food joints but Hyper Consumerism has blinded us to the fact that we are basically shitting in the place where we live to live a vapid dream.
its not the citizens who want poor infrastructure, it’s people like warren buffet and other corporate ceo’s who pay off the politicians to shut down pipelines so he can make money off all his rail cars! as always follow the money!