Erin Brockovich visits eastern Palestine after toxic train derailment: “All clear my a–!”
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich arrived in eastern Palestine three weeks after the catastrophic train derailment that devastated the small Ohio community to work with victims so that “they can get justice, know their legal rights and we can hold the railway accountable”.
In a tweet, Brockovich announced his arrival in eastern Palestine and his intention to hold a town hall on Friday, February 24 at 6 p.m. to work with the victims of the disaster. The 5,000 residents of the small Ohio community face devastating damage after a Norfolk South train carrying toxic chemicals derailed, causing an environmental disaster.
As an environmental activist, Brockovich is best known for her film “Erin Brockovich” which shares her involvement in a lawsuit against PG&E.
His visit comes after US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and former President Donald Trump both stopped in eastern Palestine to deal with the train derailment earlier this week. However, Brockovich made it clear that his visit was not political, tweeting, “I don’t care who you voted for, when crisis hits we’re all Americans, we’re all human beings.”
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Instead of focusing on President Biden’s absence from the disaster site, Brockovich spent his time speaking with local residents of eastern Palestine about their concerns following the derailment.
In eastern Palestine, Brockovich tweeted images of herself speaking with “wonderful people” and sharing their experiences.
“@keithricheal074 lives 5 blocks from the derailment in #EastPalestine, and he says local police knocked on his door the night of the derailment to notify them.” Brockovich tweeted Thursday. “He says he’s worried about what will happen to his dogs months from now if they go out and eat grass.”
Today, Brokovitch posted a picture of oil visible in the water of eastern Palestine with the caption, “Taken today!! “All clear “My A–!”
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His tweet comes after Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine visited homes in eastern Palestine on Tuesday and drank tap water from each in a bid to reassure residents that their supply of water was safe for human consumption.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, EPA Administrator Michael Regan and Rep. Bill Johnson drank tap water during a visit to a woman’s home near the site of the train derailment. Eastern Palestine, Tuesday, February 21, 2023. (Pool/Fox News)
Last week, Brockovich tweeted about the Ohio train derailment calling on the Biden administration to “STEP UP NOW.”
“The Biden administration needs to get more involved in this #PalestineOhio train wreck now.” Brockovich shared on Monday, February 13.
She also criticized Republican Senator JD Vance for his response to sharing the situation, “Hold them accountable. Hold them all accountable.”
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Last week, the Ohio senator set Twitter on fire after sharing a video on Twitter of him scraping the bottom of a local creek bed with a stick, which appeared to show “chemicals coming out of the ground” .
“There are dead worms and dead fish all over this water,” Vance said in the video as he stood beside Leslie Run Creek in Eastern Palestine, Ohio.
“It’s disgusting,” he said.
A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board did not offer an exact cause of the East Palestine, Ohio derailment, but pointed to several operational issues.
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“Surveillance video from a local residence showed what appeared to be a wheel roll in the final stage of an overheating failure moments before the derailment,” the report said. “The wheel bearing and affected wheelset have been collected as evidence and will be reviewed by the NTSB.”
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