CDC confirms 7 of 15 federal investigators working East Palestine train derailment fell ill
April 3, 2023 | Melissa Fine
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that of the 15 investigators from its Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) it sent to East Palestine, Ohio, last month, seven of them fell ill.
Ironically, the ATSDR investigators were sent to the small rural town to conduct an Assessment of Chemical Exposure, or “ACE investigation,” to determine the possible health impacts from the toxic train derailment that rocked the community and shocked the nation on February 3rd, CNN reports.
https://twitter.com/BIZPACReview/status/1638390179852619787Those who became ill were part of a house-to-house survey team that was operating near the crash site.
The investigators experienced symptoms that matched those reported by residents following the release of a chemical cocktail into the air above East Palestine and included sore throats, headaches, coughing, and nausea.
“Symptoms resolved for most team members later the same afternoon, and everyone resumed work on survey data collection within 24 hours,” a CDC spokesperson said in the statement. “Impacted team members have not reported ongoing health effects.”
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