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Erin Brockovich — the well-known paralegal turned activist who helped an enormous PG&E scandal within the ’90s — has seen the aftermath in East Palestine … and in response to her, it is grim.
We acquired Erin at LAX Friday, the place she’d simply arrived from a go to in Ohio … assembly and serving to of us whereas surveying the harm and assessing the wants of the group. As she put it to us flatly, the scenario is dire there … and residents are with out clear solutions.
Based on what EB’s seen, she says the realm — together with groundwater and residential wells — may be very a lot contaminated … regardless of authorities companies and different politicians making an attempt to inform the parents residing there in any other case. Erin says there’s contradictory info flying throughout.
She even describes some signs of illness she says she felt simply by being in East Palestine for an prolonged time frame — and it sounds very hazardous and harmful.
So, on the query of subsequent steps … Erin says lots of people residing within the city have already lawyered up, which is her specialty. Apparently, there are large class motion lawsuits within the works, and it seems like Norfolk Southern — the corporate whose practice derailed — might need to pay out the nostril for damages these persons are alleging … assuming they settle.
Now, in the case of President Biden — who has but to go to in particular person, and has proven no indicators of desirous to go — Erin tells us he is likely to be higher off staying away. The folks of Ohio are offended, and he might have already missed his probability to indicate face and sympathy.