EPA Official Addresses Derailment Challenges Misinformation

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio – Concerns about the environmental effects of the train derailment in the village has been only one part of the equation for the past two months, according to Debra Shore, regional administrator of the U.S. EPA for Region 5, which includes six of the states around the Great Lakes. “This is a complex and, in some ways, new kind of an emergency response,” Shore said. “Not only was it complex in that there were a number of these toxic chemicals and hazardous waste on the train that derailed, that spilled and some were burned off and right…