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<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/white-house-defends-response-to-toxic-train-derailment/"></div>WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday defended its response to a toxic freight train derailment in Ohio two weeks ago, even as local leaders and members of Congress demanded that more be done. The Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, left toxic chemicals spilled or burned off, prompting evacuations and fears o...

The Biden administration Friday defended its response to a toxic freight train derailment in Ohio two weeks ago, even as local leaders and members of Congress demanded that more be done.

The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, senators and other state officials are trying to assure residents near a toxic train derailment in Ohio nearly two weeks ago that testing shows the air and water are now safe. (Feb. 16) (AP Video: Patrick Orsagos)

Michael Regan sought to reassure skeptical residents that the water is fit for drinking and the air safe to breathe around East Palestine.

The Biden administration is defending its response to a freight train derailment in Ohio that left toxic chemicals spilled or burned off, even as local leaders and members of Congress demanded that more be done. The administration says it has “mobilized a robust, multi-agency effort" to support people in East Palestine, Ohio, since the Feb. 3 derailment. The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visited the site Thursday, walking along a creek that still reeks of chemicals as h...

The Biden administration is defending its response to a freight train derailment in Ohio that left toxic chemicals spilled or burned off, even as local leaders and members of Congress demanded that more be done

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Biden administration on Friday defended its response to a toxic freight train derailment in Ohio two weeks ago, even as local

The Biden administration is defending its response to a freight train derailment in Ohio that left toxic chemicals spilled or burned off, even as local leaders and members of Congress demanded that more be done

Hundreds of residents of the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment have packed a school gym to seek answers on whether they were safe from toxic chemicals that spilled or were burned off. (Feb. 16) (AP Video: Patrick Orsagos)

Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, have been told it’s safe to go home after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed earlier this month. But many rare still wracked with fear, distrust and doubt.