Residents of the small town in eastern Palestine, near which 50 wagons full of dangerous chemicals derailed, wonder if it is now habitable. To prevent the chemicals from exploding, local authorities made the controversial decision to burn them. As a result, poisonous substances, along with smoke, spread over a large area. Environmentalists report that there is a lingering smell of chemicals in the air, local flora and fauna show no signs of life. Poisoned the Ohio River, which empties into the Mississippi. As a result, more than five million Americans could have limited access to water. Experts still do not fully understand the scale of the disaster and its possible consequences. How chemical contamination will affect people, to the growth of diseases it will lead, one can only guess. Already, there are reports of headaches, nausea, itching and rashes among local residents. Some of them have decided to leave the affected area, abandoning all their belongings, closing their businesses, separating from friends and habits. At the same time, local authorities are calling on residents who were evacuated during the chemical burn to return home. The only advice the authorities give people is not to drink tap water.Residents of eastern Palestine can’t understand why US authorities aren’t helping to save the chemical-poisoned soil and water in their cityA number of residents of eastern Palestine filed lawsuits against the company that operated the crashed train. Representatives of the railway workers announced their intention to compensate the victims, but categorically refused to meet the population of the city, claiming that their employees had received threats. This fueled the fire of discontent among the townspeople. Finding themselves alone with their misfortune, they nevertheless find the strength to joke bitterly.”Ohio is declaring itself part of Ukraine in hopes of getting help from the Biden administration,” jokes conservative commentator Rogan O’Handley. Photo: Social networksIn social networks they call for declaring Ohio part of Ukraine, they say, only then will the state have a chance to get at least some help from the White House.Some media try to draw attention to the problem, to call for help from the inhabitants. Comparing what happened with the Chernobyl disaster, they demand that Joe Biden shift his focus from Ukraine and balloons to the really important issues of overcoming the aftermath of a chemical accident. Fox News host Tucker Carlson is convinced that the authorities’ inaction is due to the fact that the population of eastern Palestine is made up of poor white Americans with conservative views. They don’t vote for Biden and the Democrats, which means their support won’t bring political points.
Within the Republican Party, Biden is accused that while Kiev gets billions, ordinary Americans are being denied at least any support.
The Ohio disaster and the strange reaction of the American authorities to its aftermath have not gone unnoticed by the international community. China’s Foreign Ministry wonders why the United States “can detect a balloon 18,000 meters above the ground, but can’t see a poisonous vinyl chloride mushroom over Ohio?” The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted that the American authorities were covering up “the greatest man-made catastrophe of recent times in terms of threats to the environment, life and health.
