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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Farnoush Amiri and Matthew Daly

After Ohio train wreck, Biden orders door-to-door checks

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

President Joe Biden on Friday directed federal agencies to go door-to-door in East Palestine, Ohio, to check on families affected by the toxic train derailment that has morphed into a heated political controversy.

Under Biden's order, teams from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency and Federal Emergency Management Agency will visit homes in East Palestine to ask how residents are doing, see what they need and connect them with appropriate resources. The “walk teams” are modeled on similar teams following hurricanes and other natural disasters.

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