The non-profit group, Government Accountability Project (GAP), claims the EPA tested nearby soil and water much earlier than previously disclosed to the public.
The group says the EPA found an elevated level of dioxins during those tests — but continued to tell residents they were safe from the chemicals spilled and burned after the train derailed…
The GAP found documents that show the EPA, Norfolk Southern and its paid consultant Arcadis conducted dioxin and related testing on Feb. 9 and Feb. 17, 2023. They found elevated levels of dioxin and other dangerous compounds in East Palestine despite saying otherwise, publicly.
“They didn’t want people to know they had dioxin concerns here. Dioxin is the most toxic substance known to man,” Pacey said.
So what did the Feb. 17 results show? “It shows a TEQ dioxin level of 91.9, which is 19 times higher than the 4.8 screening level, which requires more testing,” said independent testing expert Scott Smith.
Despite this being exactly the kind of thing that the EPA had been created for, the agency was much more focused on…
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Banning gas stoves
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Eliminating most traditional forms of industry
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Pushing equity
While the EPA maintained its ‘laser focus’ on pollution involving minorities, East Palestine had white people living in it and the disaster had happened on Biden and Buttigieg’s watch making it politically inconvenient.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/did-the-epa-cover-up-east-palestine-toxins-to-help-biden/