A year ago, a train loaded with toxic substances derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. On the first anniversary of that fateful day, neighbors are divided between those who want to turn the page and those who are still looking for answers.
Cleanup crews are still working, “24 hours a day, seven days a week,” to clean up a huge portion of contaminated land. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 177,000 tons of solid waste and 166 million books of wastewater have been removed.