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An independent tester found at least nine new dioxins, which are some of the most carcinogenic compounds on the planet, after a controlled sampled in East Palestine, Ohio. ....
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 includ ....