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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 of […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddT...

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 he sought to reassure skeptical residents that the water is fit for drinking and the air safe to brea...