Trump Jr.'s rant was called 'unvarnished homophobia' after the former president's son accused the Transportation Secretary of failure over the Ohio derailment.
, pulling around 150 cars, derailed in East Palestine, near the Pennsylvania border.
While there were no injuries, around 5,000 people were evacuated. Authorities blew holes in five of the carts, which contained potentially dangerous vinyl chloride, to destroy them via controlled burning. The release of toxic chemicals. On February 20, the Environmental Protection Agency reported that water-sample results from East Palestine municipal wells so far showed no quality issues.
President Biden has come under fire for not visiting East Palestine since the accident. In this context, Trent Conaway, the town's mayor, described the president's surprise trip to Kyiv in Ukraine on Monday asIn a statement, the White House said Biden's administration had"mobilized a robust, multi-agency effort to support the people of East Palestine."
A number of federal agencies, such as the EPA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have been supporting the emergency response. On February 21, the EPA ordered Norfolk Southern to conduct and pay for all clean-up actions associated with the train derailment.
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