Erin Brockovich: What East Palestine residents 'can't handle' is a lie...
Erin Brockovich, consumer advocate and author of “The Brockovich Report” Newsletter, joins Andrea Mitchell to preview her town hall in East Palestine, Ohio, to preview her planned Friday town hall in East Palestine more than two weeks after a train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in the small Ohio town. “The most important thing we can do is listen to these people, keep this community intact, and mobilize quickly to give them answers, assurance, and testing and oversight for their health and welfare,” Brockovich says. “We have to be honest with people. They can always handle the truth. I've learned that about people. But what they can't handle is a lie.”...
A QUOTE F.T.C. - "Thanks for a good report. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of not relying solely on EPA testing and getting a reliable entity to do independent testing. There's been no news of this in my newsfeed. Is anyone doing independent testing? What is their process? How does it compare with the EPA process? It's been reported that the EPA testing doesn't go far enough. Are they finding out what chemicals are present in residue in the homes, for example, and what their concentrations are? How are they testing the residue within the homes? How are they testing the water? Children are especially vulnerable to chemical exposure. It should be self evident but what if a child is exposed to something like dioxin or benzene by putting a toy in their mouth for and/or continuing to do so over a period of time? What would be the long term implications? Is the EPA being transparent with their data? The aftermath of 9/11 was truly a good example of what can happen if these kinds of questions are not answered in a forthright manner.
Agree there is a systemic issue that needs to be addressed. The RR may be directly at fault but they were allowed to skate with lax regulations for a long time; ex., Trump's rollback of regs on the brakes that would have at least provided modest safety measures.
Hope good answers can be found and people can stay healthy. One last thing - that plume flowing down the river. Dewine said it was safe, but the Cincinatti water dept. has opted to block it's entry into their system until it passes. Again, how is it being tested? That plume could still be dammed up and cleaned out before it hits the Mississippi, the Gulf and everyone's food chain -"