east-palestine-animal-death-toll-reaches-43700-after-train-derailment

[womanofthehills]

An estimated 43,700-plus aquatic animals in East Palestine, Ohio, died following the train derailment there earlier this month.
Mary Mertz, the director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, said in a virtual press conference that consulting group EnviroScience surveyed four different sites to calculate Thursday’s new figure — which marked a disturbing climb from last week’s count of 3,500 dead aquatic animals.
She added that the Environmental Protection Agency had warned her staff that it was “too dangerous to enter the water without specialized gear” after the derailment on Feb. 3.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/east-palestine-animal-death-toll-reaches-43700-after-train-derailment_n_63f8f4ffe4b0735bf8778cab

[Hope22]

1. Heavy rains and thunderstorms across the state tonight.

Soon we will see where the poisonous brew flows!

[Lovie777]

2. Oh geez, what could go wrong......

not a good place to go fishing now.

[CanonRay]

3. That poison will eventually hit the Ohio River

if I remember my geography

[womanofthehills]

4. A reporter posted pics of 3 dead deer along the river bank

15 miles away by the Ohio River. Said they were not shot.

[CanonRay]

5. It always seems to be worse than they initially think.

[Orrex]

6. Can someone clarify something for me?

I had the impression that this derailment was due in part to Trump's loosening of regulations, but it was suggested to me this evening that this is not the case.

I tried Googling, but I'd value the insight of an actual person with knowledge of the matter.

Can someone help me out?

[Dear_Prudence]

7. Trump question

https://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-brake-mandate-reversed-225829249.html

Trump administration weakened regulations. However, those regs would not have been applicable to this train as this train was not carrying sufficient hazardous materials to trigger the regulation.

[Orrex]

9. Ah, thank you.

That's exactly what I needed, even if it's not the answer I was expecting.

Welcome to DU!