President Biden was ripped by Twitter users for a 'tone deaf' tweet promising clear air and water as a result of climate change investments amid the Ohio train derailment fallout.
was panned for a tweet Tuesday promising that climate investments will ensure"our kids will breathe cleaner air" as his administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is under fire for its handling of the Ohio train derailment and health concerns over toxic chemicals are mounting.
President Biden was ripped by Twitter users for a"tone deaf" tweet on climate change amid the Ohio train derailment fallout."Does Ohio not exist to this guy? Extremely poor timing to talk about the climate," another user added. In a Feb. 10 letter, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency notified Norfolk Southern Railway Company of thereleased into the environment from the East Palestine derailment site. In addition to vinyl chloride, the chemical widely reported after the controlled release, the letter said multiple rail cars and tankers were observed derailed, breached, and/or on fire, that included but were not limited to ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate, isobutylene, and butyl acrylate.
One outraged Twitter user noted that phosgene gas was used as a"choking agent" in World War I, condemning Biden as a"blight on humanity." At approximately 8:55 p.m. on Feb. 3, 38 rail cars of a Norfolk Southern train’s 150 cars derailed in East Palestine, an Ohio village of some 4,700 residents about 50 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. A fire ensued, damaging an additional 12 rail cars. The EPA said there were 20 total hazardous material cars in the train, 11 of which derailed.
On Feb. 8, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine told residents they could return home and air quality samples in the area were showing readings below safety screening levels for contaminants. As of Monday, the EPA said 291 homes have been screened and no detections of vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride were identified to date. There were 181 homes that remain to be screened.
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