Locals in Ohio Train Derailment Area Advised to Drink Bottled Water

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : EPA said that water sampling is being carried out at various points along the river to ensure drinking water is safe.
53% : "State and local agencies are conducting sampling throughout the Ohio River to ensure drinking water intakes aren't affected, and EPA is continuing to assist the state with sampling efforts at water treatment intake points along the Ohio River," EPA said in a Feb. 14 update.
45% : EPA has also been carrying out community air monitoring in East Palestine around the clock, saying in Tuesday's update that it has "not detected any levels of health concern in the community that are attributed to the train derailment."
45% : As of Tuesday, the agency had screened 396 homes and "no detections of vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride were identified," EPA said.
43% : The Epoch Times has reached out to EPA for comment.
40% : But while EPA has said that air monitoring hasn't detected any hazards to health associated with the derailment, some locals have told media outlets that their health has suffered since returning home.
31% : There have been reports of sick or dead animals and persistent odors, while the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that a number of hazardous chemicals were found at the site of the derailment, including vinyl chloride, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate, isobutylene, and butyl acrylate.

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