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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan announced on Tuesday that Norfolk Southern, which the train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio two weeks ago belongs to, would need to conduct and pay for all cleanup actions related to the derailment.

He said the company would "pay for cleaning up the mess they created and for the trauma they've inflicted on this community."

On the evening of Feb. 3, approximately 50 Norfolk Southern Railroad freight train cars, some carrying toxic vinyl chloride and other hazardous chemicals, went off the tracks in Columbiana County on the evening of Feb. 3.

After the freight cars derailed in the evening, residents in and around East Palestine, a town of about 5,000, were ordered to evacuate. Draining the chemicals into a trench last week, crews then ignited a controlled burn to get rid of it, creating a thick black cloud of smoke that was visible over the town.

In the days since the derailment, residents have reported a growing number of ailments from rashes to nausea to trouble breathing.

Federal agencies maintain the air and water are safe, but the potential and unknown long-term effects from the toxic chemicals still have residents concerned.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said that a clinic for residents who had health concerns in relation to the train derailment is now open. In recent days, people have reported health issues including rashes, nausea, and trouble breathing.

DeWine also said that water testing was ongoing and the "village water is safe," because it's tested, adding he and Regan had drank some of the water.

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