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Erin Brockovich — the well-known paralegal turned activist who helped a large PG&E scandal within the ’90s — has seen the aftermath in East Palestine … and based on her, it is grim.
We obtained 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 state of affairs 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 — could be very a lot contaminated … regardless of authorities businesses and different politicians attempting to inform the parents dwelling there in any other case. Erin says there’s contradictory data flying throughout.
She even describes some signs of illness she says she felt simply by being in East Palestine for an prolonged time period — and it sounds very hazardous and harmful.
So, on the query of subsequent steps … Erin says lots of people dwelling within the city have already lawyered up, which is her specialty. Apparently, there are huge class motion lawsuits within the works, and it appears like Norfolk Southern — the corporate whose practice derailed — may need to pay out the nostril for damages these individuals are alleging … assuming they settle.
Now, on the subject 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 may be higher off staying away. The folks of Ohio are indignant, and he might have already missed his likelihood to indicate face and sympathy.