Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will be in East Palestine on Tuesday for an update on the cleanup from the toxic train derailment earlier this month.
He’ll also be there for the opening of a clinic for residents complaining of health concerns following the chemical spill and burn after that accident.
DeWine announced the clinic last week, saying while tests are showing the air and East Palestine municipal water supply are safe, the derailment and burnoff of chemicals from that train has been a traumatic event and people are reporting headaches, rashes and other ailments along with skepticism.
“We're now bringing in medical people to talk to anybody who has a particular problem," the governor said. "So we're doing absolutely everything that we can to assure residents about what the what the situation is.”
The governor said he understands the skepticism.
“Nothing wrong with healthy skepticism. But all I can do as governor of the state of Ohio is tell you, we have the best experts that we can get and we have the best equipment that there is available to do the testing. We believe the testing is accurate,” he said.
The clinic will operate out of two rooms and a mobile unit at an East Palestine church. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will send a team and resources to East Palestine.
