The Unknown Catastrophe Left Behind in East Palestine | Bloomberg Investigates

The train derailment in the small, tight-knit community of East Palestine, Ohio, was just the beginning. Chemicals leaked into soil and creeks, a “controlled burn” spewed toxic chemicals across the landscape and residents were left looking for answers. Months later, questions still remain. We spoke to residents, experts, government officials and the train company to find out exactly what happened and how this small town can recover.
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[@sendmechecks]

Norfork Southern was not painted in an accurate light. They did the bare minimum. They should have to buy up every home in the area for anyone who wants to leave, period.

[@cjendret]

exactly

[@PhillipWoddail]

totally bloomburg's got their back , and that president, as huge as this was, oh probably w/ the RR co. to so no more joe please!

[@rachelrandolph2579]

@@PhillipWoddail no. NO ONE has their back. I live an hour from this town and nothing has changed, the Rail company is doing nothing, the gov't is doing nothing. It does not matter who is in office. the people of this town have been forgotten and there is no one to hold the responsible parties accountable. it's despicable.

[@Parakeet-pk6dl]

As has been proven many times, leaving safety to the free market is a very irresponsible idea…

[@mnp3713]

agree but then think about air travle

[@alainportant6412]

Diversity hired caused this

[@tjakkobosma5872]

@@mnp3713the airline industry is incentivised to make the planes safer but most other companies don’t have a similar incentive

[@dackbowland1876]

Lol. Still waiting for our government to make round up illegal. These chems are nothing compared to glysophate in all the food and water in the entire country not just one town and whatever’s down stream.

[@MyPlaylistWillSaveAmerica]

No. Not enforcing safety standards or punishments is a irresponsible idea. Business bought people in power. Money is the root of all evil. This been like this for decades but people are beginning to wake up to who’s really running the country.

[@grantwilcox330]

one year later and residents are saying not much has changed. people are still getting sick when they go back their homes.

[@1597B]

No surprise there. They let TONS of chemicals into the air, water, and ground. Anything to get business running back up.

[@victorianmelody46]

All of the regulations that politicians want to get rid of are exactly why this happened. Safety regulations cost corporations money. The same corporations who are lobbying politicians for less regulations.🤔

[@victorianmelody46]

“Rather than support safety regulations to improve rail safety, Norfolk Southern and other rail companies spent millions of dollars in the courts and lobbying members of Congress to oppose common-sense safety regulations, stopping some entirely and reducing the scope of others.The four largest U.S. railroads and their trade association together spent over $480 million on federal lobbying over the last two decades. Norfolk Southern actually spent the least of the top railroads, shelling out $69 million over that period. Norfolk Southern and other railroads successfully lobbied Republicans in Congress to pass a measure delaying the implementation of electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes. The Trump administration rescinded the rule in 2018, echoing the industry’s concerns that the costs to implement ECP brakes outweighed the benefits. An Associated Press report found that the Trump administration omitted up to $117 million in future damages from train derailments in its analysis. “This means if the rule had gone into effect, this train wouldn’t have had ECP brakes. Railroads cut down on their workforce by around 30 percent over the last six years in an effort to boost profits and attract investors. It’s worked financial wonders for Norfolk Southern, which made a record $4.8-billion profit last year and shelled out $3.4 billion on stock buybacks. “Railroads largely self-regulate and PSR has led to irresponsible practices at the cost of safety,” It needs to be eliminated or reformed.

[@mmmd3429]

The same county votes deep red and it is sad. What did they expect?

[@mmmd3429]

@@Mrright87 Exactly, keep voting for deregulation and this is another outcome. Are you unable to look at the big picture? Regulation bad and spooky 🎶

[@mmmd3429]

@@Mrright87 Dig deeper into who wanted to burn off the product?

[@bex487]

Nothing about this was controlled, it was an open burn/detonation.

[@coldspring624]

The pollution is still there

[@mikeclinton5069]

The residents probably got no compensation for nothing. the railroad company, they're going as planned, just pitiful.🖕

[@marcusm663]

The only time in history that Bloomberg reported a catastrophy in Palestine.

[@jjjrtarj9270]

All criminals in cahoots.

[@debartellomartinez7214]

That was so funny after the wreck the town mayor spoke up while the whole world was listening that "They wrecked our town they are gonna fix it". Then nothing was done at all in the following forever. LOL

[@MyPlaylistWillSaveAmerica]

He’s part of a secret group that’s been known for shady acts.

[@oceanthresher6184]

And in truth, there’s no way to fix it. The poison chemicals have seeped into the ground and surrounding environment, and it will take millennia for it all to dissipate naturally. The only solution is to permanently depopulate the town.

[@somerandomfella]

Get the people that were responsible and the people claiming that it's safe bring their whole families down and live there.

[@JRWO88]

The only question I have is why would the people of that town overwhelmingly vote for the side that push for deregulation and whine about the consequences of said deregulation instead of just taking what they deserve?

[@cinpeace353]

Voters are often make decisions based on narratives from the media. It is not always an informed decisions until reality kick in.

[@grantwilcox330]

What regulation is that you are referring to?

[@ground752]

Sheesh, electronic vote machines are not adding machines. Votes are a joke, not real

[@IamAnew]

Oh wow. That's a pretty ignorant thing to say. I'd hate to see what kind of candidate inspires you.....

[@ground752]

@@IamAnew none of the masonic candidate offerings thank you, the electronic vote machines are completely controlled like the medias. All the cooperating money slaves who serve the masonic and old power families will learn that betrayal is the reward.

[@Jo-yp8wy]

So why are there no newer updates? Is everybody dead? What? Why is there hardly any news coverage?

[@fireman6986]

Media would rather distract with nonsense

[@MyPlaylistWillSaveAmerica]

@@fireman6986and they know that’s how disasters can work now. Able to be ignored and we can’t to anything about it. We do bring it up?…..they got a list of stigmas to give and dismiss us with. Like the Theorist one YT probably wont let me say.

[@railfandepotproductions]

​@@fireman6986bruh time moves on

[@railfandepotproductions]

No one in east Palestine is dead blud

[@ipodneoairsoft]

Is the water still toxic even now in May?

[@scottberresford9486]

Yes as of 5-29

[@NaNAule]

dioxin sticks around for hundreds of years that place should be abandoned there was another town that was contaminated in the 80s with dioxin and was completely evacuated

[@gabrielquinones3343]

Now everyone in East palastine gets PTSD after they see a train

[@crossova836]

3.6 roentgen, not great, not terrible.

[@gman8760]

ha! i see what you did there

[@scuba_steve_954]

From the river to the sea?

[@IamAnew]

It's real safe time to be living in America. Real safe. *Closes door to underground shelter*

[@oceanthresher6184]

There’s no cleaning this up either. The hazardous chemicals will be part of the environment for thousands of years.

[@railfandepotproductions]

Bruh do you know what was on the train, there wasn't any radioactive material blud

[@NaNAule]

@@railfandepotproductions blud doesnt know how chemistry works, thinks only radioactive substances and/or materials can linger for a long time in a place Blud do you know why rocks are still around? or air? or the ground beneath your feet? or water? it's not radioactive so it should just go away blud come on blud it's not radioactive blud

[@Gesus111]

​@@railfandepotproductionscome on man it doesn't have to be

[@1597B]

​​@@railfandepotproductionsNo radioactive elements, but plenty of carcinogenic and chemical materials. This stuff seeps and poisons the environment, and kills off wildlife. And if any of this is in the Ohio river, then fish stocks are getting poisoned. People are getting sick from this stuff.

[@edsiceloff9473]

The railroad said it was safe before they wrecked their train. And now, the community is expected to believe them that it is safe now. Plus, the community does have the ability to read about other Norfolk Railroad wrecks, as well as other companies. The railroads are not safe.

[@deano6178]

Spreading contamination to locations across the U.S.

[@zumabbar]

a suggestion, i think it would be better to put the 'word per word as it is' on the subtitles instead of paraphrasing them. otherwise, splendid docu!

[@edgarasvas]

It's all about the money. People does not matter where corruption is

[@pootypump7440]

A tale as old as humanity.

[@r.a.6459]

Blaming the President or leader is not going to help. The entire world is owned by the Rothschilds who created the world's system that always revolves around money. This secret family is so rich that they can sustainably clothe, feed and shelter every person who have ever lived (if they want to). And the mainstream media is forbidden to talk about this ultra-elite family. Money rules, not the presidents.

[@homermtz]

i cant post any negative stuff vs norfolk or the epa. youtube has flagged me for speaking the truth. but I pray for you guys

[@gabrielquinones3343]

Imagine if the kid acually wrote a thank you note to Norfolk southern and it said Thanks you for my diseases

[@christagraves3408]

People are still sick, many will never be able to go home others still sick in there home. This isn't over save the people I'm surrounding communities

[@squashduos1258]

3rd world railway infrastructure….just to get an idea of where the US is, I rode a high speed train in Europe in 1983….that’s 40 years ago!!!!…..train tracks that look like spaghetti….c’mon. As for transportation of hazardous materials this is unacceptable….

[@squashduos1258]

The fact remains US rail transportation is so decrepit and obsolete comparatively. It is not an insult it’s a fact.

[@brinkum948]

Watched the whole docu (and knew of it the day it happened). What I don't get is why no one in EP even suggests demanding Norfolk Southern (or any railcompany for that matter) passing through their town to present cargo papers before they pass through. If I was Major there, I would demand knowledge (and the right to check) on any cargo coming through BEFORE they are there. I know we Germans overdo it on many occasions (beaurocracy), but this couldn't happen in .DE.

[@brinkum948]

And btw: calling overheating/burning undercarriage (seen the vidcaps) the cause of it all seems slightly off center for the derailment of what looks to be most of the haul. It's fishy to the extent of 'Planned'. I'd look into who profits most from this ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER, and connect links to CLIMATISTS and GLOBALISTS.

[@rhettjanes1056]

I'm just afraid it's going to end up becoming like Centralia to toxic to live there

[@colab_stdio]

What's with the vinyl chemical that makes it toxic? No one explained what that is. 🤔

[@timspokesmurf9246]

Anything burned is toxic, the chemical seems like something used in taxidermy which is not goood for living things vinyl is like a plastic Chloride is a nasty form of chlorine which would make the smoke essentially a cancerous mustard gas, whoever decided to light it up needs to be held accountable and prosecuted

[@HexaSquirrel]

Organochlorines tend to be very toxic. Specifically, the chlorine part is the toxic substance that is of worry. When it's diluted it's fine to be around, such as in swimming pools; when it's pure it becomes dangerous - as with the other light halogen elements.

[@swimmerboy172]

Vinyl chloride is the VC of PVC. It’s a carcinogenic and flammable

[@colab_stdio]

@@HexaSquirrel I see. Thanks for the explanation Man. Bloomberg forgot to mention why those chemicals are dangerous in the first place.

[@mikedoby4024]

@@timspokesmurf9246 Yes. Ask my Uncle (who passed in 1967) who suffered from chemical warfare in WWI and treated at CLE VA

[@RikyPerdana]

Deliberately killed

[@GeliCarlosJ]

Only time Americans will care about anything Palestine 😂

[@RackGearAddict]

I care about the Palestinians. They are obviously victims of Israeli terrorism

[@deserthobo]

Facts

[@Houthiandtheblowfish]

17:12 that ids look told the whole story

[@CyberspacedLoner]

Will East Palestine become a EPA Superfund Site ?!

[@vicpetrishak7705]

Shamefully to say most likely it will after the local cemetery fills up beyond capacity . Little Weasel DeWine and Shameless Shaw are not to be trusted . It is a contest for them to convincingly lie with the straightest face ! 6/1/23

[@vicpetrishak7705]

What do you mean no casualties ? 6/1/23

[@unapologeticallyauthentic]

13:58 The machine is probably all the chemicals mixing together

[@joechiodi5529]

I live 30 minutes from there

[@edman6324]

Time Americans wake up to the fact the government doesn't give a shit about them but are more concerned about Ukraine.

[@railfandepotproductions]

Weapons and money are not the same things vatnik

[@Happycamper10]

Why do we need these chemicals?

[@Mrx-dh5ti]

@18 i clicked OFF ,,, mine as well put a bud lite sale ad in theire as well

[@lesliethurston2151]

Just like the movies. Or movie, that is. If it's been thought of, then it's been done.

[@jdclarke47]

Real nice white wash on this one.

[@ToyinFajana]

I really don't understand why people just crawl out of their bed and become experts more knowledgeable than credentialed people who have spent years in schools learning stuffs coupled with years of on-the-job experience. It makes it all seem like it's all about getting someone to write them a check, instead of understanding the issues and fixing them, if any.

[@alexstone3822]

This train wreck happened in East Palestine, Ohio then a few months later Israel is under attack. I think the people of Palestine and Hamas put 2 and 2 together and figured Israel had something to do with that train wreck.

[@TheModernCowboy]

This is an American Chernobyl. They cannot deny it. But they will. They always do. What is the cost of lies.

[@railfandepotproductions]

Bruh touch grass, stop calling it an American Chernobyl. Also the Ohio meme is dead

[@Gesus111]

Have you heard of 3 Mile island

[@mmmd3429]

The county wants corporate responsibility but heavily votes red. Hypocrisy eh?

[@jonsupp1744]

MY GRANDMOTHER DIED FROM SMOKE INHILATION NOBDY CARES ABOUT THAT. IF YOU DO THEN VOTE DEMOCRAT IF YA KNOW HOW PAINFUL THIS IS.

[@norman9052]

Pretty generic not going to lie. Feel sorry or what happened to the folks of east palestine

[@sabihatanveer8494]

😠😵

[@gonzothompson412]

I used to live in that dreadful little town. Reminded me a lot of the fictional town of Derry, Maine from Stephen Kings book “IT.” But every one was Henry Bowers. 🤡

[@catjive2]

Didn’t even know this town till the accident. What a trash hit piece.

[@childofapollo2031]

Yeah like I live in the town (I hesitate to call it town really more if a village) but we were previously unknown and then we were all over the news and there were multiple days where I was going to school and there was media at the school

[@Michaelengelmann]

Trump, the worst president ever delayed new train brakes

[@clydecmcelroy4638]

Yeah I can't stand Donald Trump, and the brakes thing that he did was completely stupid, but that isn't what caused this train wreck. I'd love to give him credit for it, but it's just not what happened.

[@MonigMedia]

Yea Pete B was in office for a while

[@gman8760]

You sure about that!? are you sure about that??

[@Michaelengelmann]

@@gman8760 yes bot

[@IamAnew]

And Biden has done what for these people? Sent Mayo Pete down for a feckless, word salad speech and a photo-op. That is it. Meawhile, he risks nuclear conflict and uses the people of Ukraine as fodder for a proxy war. I'm not fan of Trump, but he's not the worst President ever, by any means.

[@paulv4130]

A new year and yet no Biden. He doesn't care.

[@tailsprowerfan2729]

He cares more about the Palestine county then he dose East palatine

[@brandoncole9974]

Unpopular opinion… who was there first? The railroad? Ahh well you assume the risks of movin next to a railroad. Train accidents are inevitable. You can spend trillions on infrastructure and you still wont eliminate it. Too many movin parts. Just like mass shootings not enough incidents to consider a mass overhaul. Dont shoot the messenger but what i said is clear.

[@dkaoboy]

is this a deeply religious community? are they asking for "science" to figure out if things are safe, or is the local shaman going to ask the spirits if it's okay?

[@childofapollo2031]

As someone who lives in this community it’s not necessarily religious or not, and are relying on science