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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tom Perkins

Plan to test for dioxins near Ohio train derailment site is flawed, experts say

Portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio on fire in February 2023.
Portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, on fire in February. Photograph: Gene J Puskar/AP

A plan to test for toxic dioxins near the site of a February train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio, is flawed and unlikely to find the dangerous substances, independent chemical pollution researchers in the US who reviewed the testing protocol told the Guardian.

Initial soil testing already revealed dioxin levels hundreds of times above the threshold that Environmental Protection Agency scientists have found poses a cancer risk, but that sampling was limited in scope.

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