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Speaking to reporters in Columbus on Friday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine demanded that Congress take a look at rail safety, following the aftermath of the East Palestine train derailment that involved toxic chemicals on Feb. 3.

“I think it’s time now for U.S. Congress to take a look at rail safety in this country. To look at the question of what products are being carried on the rails, what are the responsibilities of the railroad, what are the responsibilities of the railroad to notify a state when that product is coming through,” DeWine said, one day after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) representatives, U.S. senators and congress members visited the region.

DeWine also announced that the Ohio Department of Health is setting up a clinic in the area nearly two weeks after the train derailment. According to DeWine, the clinic will be established over the next few days and medical experts with the U.S. Department of Health and Health and Human Services will be coming to help answer residents’ questions.

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.

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