Three men who have worked as Republican political operatives agreed to pay more than $50,000 in restitution and penalties in Ohio for their roles in operating a phony charity that collected cash purportedly to help victims of the East Palestine train derailment.
We really won’t know if there’s long term health effects for decades.
Not really. Unless you drank straight from the river after derailment or stayed during cleanup, there is no way anyone will have problems because of it. Unlike radiation, chemicals, after being heavily diluted, become harmless within days.
It’s like if you poured out a bottle of bleach in your garden. You won’t worry about the tomatoes becoming poisonous when you pick them the next year.