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Dioxins are highly toxic chemicals that can cause cancer, reproductive and developmental problems, and can interfere with the function of thyroid hormones.
they're telling me that i don't meet criteria. i don't even know. i've been in nursing school so i understand what that means if you don't meet criteria. they won't accept you so they aren't going to treat you. so i understand what that means from a nursing perspective but the fact that they still aren't taking care of us, i have had lesions on my face. >> i see. >> and they were pouring out pus but it's only on the right side which is usually the side that i sleep on, so i didn't know it was a chemical burn or if it was from the dioxins or why it's only one one side of my face not the other, i don't understand. >> have you had anything like this before? anything happen before the derailment. >> nothing. >> so you're about a hundred yards from the derailment where it took place. >> yes, sir. >> the epa is not going
. i've tried to go to the hospital a few times because of it. and they're telling me that i don't meet criteria. i don't even know i like. i mean, i've been in nursing school, so i understand what that means. if you don't meet criteria, they won't accept you so they aren't going to treat you . so i understand what that means from the nursing perspective, but the fact that they still aren't taking care of us . i've had lesions on my face on the side. i'm not sure if you can sit here. and they were pouring out pus, but it's only on the right side, which is usually the side that i sleep on when i go to bed. so i didn't know if it was a chemical burn or if it was from the dioxins or why it's only on right one side of my face and not the other. like, i don't understand. so anything like this before did happen before the derailment, i guess. so you were about a hundred yards from where it took place. we heard that the epa is not
going anywhere . the governor is not going anywhere . where are they ? why can you get in touch with them to let them know what's going on ? >> i don't know. >> i don't even know how to get in touch with them. and i spent five hours in the creek, the one day, and then i've spent numerous hours in the creeks afterwards just to find samples to make sure that we didn't go unheard and that the epa was lying to us because they were. and i found the dioxins and i gave the test results. and no matter what i do, it's just like endless. it's endless. it's endless. problems shutting you down constantly of them not getting new answers, not just just not doing anything. and we're all sick and we're all sick and tired of being sick and tired. >> like i said before, i understand you're worried about your family chemicals and you moved your family out. >> you're still there. and now you have to come to new
like this? >> tucker: so you pay tax toss the federal government which is supposed to, among other things, make sure your water is clean. you don't trust the epa. >> no, they're just going to send all the money over to ukraine. nobody's sending money to us. >> tucker: how does that feel? >> it's horrible. i mean, how are you supposed to feel? you're going to take money that we have put into and send it elsewhere. >> tucker: yeah, send it to ukraine. that's certainly my perspective but to hear that from someone who lives in a town that's been devastated and then ignored is particularly moving. >> it's the fact that dioxins are literally the fentanyl of chemicals, they are so potent and that's what's making everyone so sick. >> tucker: it's hard to believe this is happening in our country. courtney miller of east palestine ohio, thank you for joining us and for your role in this documentary. >> thank you. >> tucker: appreciate it. we've got a lot more from the fox studio lot in los angeles including insight into how these
we're paying attention to something that just happened that reminds us of this, what happened in east palestine ohio with the train derail pal. courtney miller lives there, has a home there, has children there. she joins us now. courtney thank you very much for coming on. >> thanks for having me. >> tucker: so this train derails in your town where you own a home and have a family. >> yes. >> tucker: and from the outside, it looked like the most pressing problem was your water. it seemed to call the safety of your water supply into question. >> yeah. and we couldn't trust the epa or the norfolk southern to do what they needed to do. and the dioxin levels they say are safe, i don't think any of it is safe obviously because everyone is getting so sick. we just got back surface results from a chair on my porch and it also has dioxins in it.
we're paying attention to something that just happened that reminds us of this, what happened in east palestine ohio with the train derail pal. courtney miller lives there, has a home there, has children there. she joins us now. courtney thank you very much for coming on. >> thanks for having me. >> tucker: so this train derails in your town where you own a home and have a family. >> yes. >> tucker: and from the outside, it looked like the most pressing problem was your water. it seemed to call the safety of your water supply into question. >> yeah. and we couldn't trust the epa or the norfolk southern to do what they needed to do. and the dioxin levels they say are safe, i don't think any of it is safe obviously because everyone is getting so sick. we just got back surface results from a chair on my porch and it also has dioxins in it.
like this? >> tucker: so you pay tax toss the federal government which is supposed to, among other things, make sure your water is clean. you don't trust the epa. >> no, they're just going to send all the money over to ukraine. nobody's sending money to us. >> tucker: how does that feel? >> it's horrible. i mean, how are you supposed to feel? you're going to take money that we have put into and send it elsewhere. >> tucker: yeah, send it to ukraine. that's certainly my perspective but to hear that from someone who lives in a town that's been devastated and then ignored is particularly moving. >> it's the fact that dioxins are literally the fentanyl of chemicals, they are so potent and that's what's making everyone so sick. >> tucker: it's hard to believe this is happening in our country. courtney miller of east palestine ohio, thank you for joining us and for your role in this documentary. >> thank you. >> tucker: appreciate it. we've got a lot more from the fox studio lot in los angeles including insight into how these
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