DeWine is working to increase railroad-specific training for Ohio’s first responders to better prepare first responders when they do face such disasters. Vance and Sherrod Brown introduced the Railway Safety Act of 2023 which would require rail carriers to give advance notice to state emergency response officials before running trains carrying hazardous materials to better inform emergency personnel of the dangers they face. Initially, the first responders had little to no idea what they were running into and lacked the necessary equipment to fight the chemical fire. More than 300 first responders worked the derailment scene in the days following the disasters, including the night of Feb. They too reported stuffy nose/sinus congestion (28 percent), runny nose (26 percent), increased congestion (22 percent), burning nose or throat (21 percent) and hoarseness (15 percent). Ironically, the team, a part of CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, was in the village conducting door-to-door ACE surveys when it began experiencing adverse health reactions.Ī total of 318 first responders also completed ACE surveys. These symptoms included headaches, sore throats, nausea and persistent coughing – the same symptoms residents reported in the ACE surveys. This week, the CDC confirmed those reports, disclosing that members of its on-the-ground assessment team in East Palestine became ill with chemical exposure symptoms. Reports of sickened workers from the Centers for Disease Control only heightened the worries.
On the contrary, they have continued to mount. In the 60-plus days since the catastrophic chain of events, concerns over the impacts on health have not diminished.
I refuse to accept Norfolk Southern continuing to use people and nature as collateral damage to make a buck.” We are in this position because Norfolk Southern puts profits over people, caused an environmental disaster, and poisoned us. “Just shy of 75 percent of us have a constant headache. “They forgot to ask about nightmares, which is what this situation has been from the beginning,” she said.
Though she isn’t shocked by the results of the surveys, she remains as frustrated as she is angry. The results did not come as a surprise to East Palestine resident Jessica Conard.Īs the community advocate for East Palestine Justice Community (the team of environmental activists, lawyers and scientists headed by environmentalist Erin Brockovich), Conard has been on the ground documenting symptoms in the early days following the rail disaster. In addition, 62 percent reported anxiety after possible chemical exposure after the derailment caused a chemical spill of highly volatile butyl acrylate and vinyl chloride and led to a controlled chemical release and burn at the site to prevent what officials called “a possible major explosion” as the remaining cars of vinyl chloride were deemed unstable. The results of 704 ACE surveys indicate that 76 percent of East Palestine residents participating in the health assessment surveys experienced headaches while 54 percent experienced coughing, 52 percent experienced fatigue and 50 percent experienced a rash or irritation of the skin. The ACE surveys closed Friday at midnight for data analysis.
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