A train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, prompted an array of false and misleading claims on social media, where posts built on speculation, assumptions or outright falsehoods accumulated thousands of shares and millions of views.
There so far has been no evidence of harm to wildlife or livestock other than the roughly 3,500 fish killed in the immediate area of the derailment shortly after it happened, officials say.
, director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture, said at the Feb. 14 news conference that"to this date, there is nothing we've seen in the livestock community that causes any concerns.", who leads the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's division of surface water, said at the same news conference.Officials are tracking the plume in real time and expect treatment and the closing of water intakes to keep the chemicals out of local water systems, Kavalec said.
"The Ohio River is very large, and it's a water body that is able to dilute the pollutants pretty quickly," she said. The plume was near Gallipolis, Ohio, as of Feb. 16 and is expected to be near Huntington, West Virginia, by Feb. 17, according to the Feb. 16 news release from the Ohio Emergency Management Agency.Claim: Journalists are being arrested in East Palestine
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