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EPA announces new ‘work plan’ for East Palestine 7 months later

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Seven months after the derailment, the EPA has announced a new work plan. The plan outlines a need toevaluate potential background contaminant sources. Residents have been saying all along: The contamination spread. The proof is in community members are sick and those same residents continue to face growing challenges post-derailment.

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EPA announces new ‘work plan’ for East Palestine 7 months later

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (NewsNation) — Minutes after workers burned five tankers of vinyl chloride after a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, a toxic plume of smoke smothered the area for miles. Residents scrambled to get away, worried for their health and safety. Now, seven months later, the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new "work plan" — which, for the first time since the derailment, broadens the scope of poss…

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