Wildlife VP: East Palestine mustn't join 'inexcusable list.' Biden, DeWine must investigate by: Mustafa Santiago Ali: Mustafa Santiago Ali is executive vice president of the National Wildlife Federation. He previously spent 24 years at the Environmental Protection Agency and was a founding member of the agency’s Office of Environmental Justice. In a small Northeast Ohio town of East Palestine, a train derailed and in the days long fire that ensued, hazardous chemicals like vinyl chloride, hydrogen chloride, ethylhexyl acrylate spilled from the train into the air, soil, and water. Why are these chemicals reason for concern? While these chemicals are used in everyday products, PVC pipes, plastic products, and construction, if they come into contact with people, their effects can be wide ranging and dangerous, including headaches, nausea, burning sensations in the ears, eyes, and nose, and even lifelong and life- threatening respiratory issues.
The people of Ohio need the Biden and DeWine administrations to get to the bottom of what happened and to transparently share the short- and long- term risks facing people and wildlife alike.
MUSTAFA SANTIAGO ALI
15 E. J. TODAY
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