Environmental Officials Insist the Air Quality in East Palestine, Ohio is Normal | EWTN News Nightly

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Environmental officials insist the air quality is normal in East Palestine, Ohio and that clean up from the site of a fiery train derailment can carry on. 38 train cars derailed in a mangled mess earlier this month. The trains were carrying volatile chemicals like vinyl chloride. Amid fears of potential explosions, officials opted to release and burn the chemicals. After a series of home screenings and air quality tests, the EPA decided shipment of contaminated waste away from the site could safely resume today. Executive Editor of Common Sense Magazine, Christopher Bedford, joins to share what his take on all of this is as a lot of the residents of East Palestine beg to differ from what the environmental officials say, based on how they are feeling and what they see in their water. President Biden was in Europe last week pledging continued support for Ukraine and then he was off to Delaware for the weekend. While Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg did visit the area last week, the president has not and hasn't said much about it. Bedford discusses how he thinks the average American is perceiving all of this. In a recent article for the Federalist, Bedford called 2022 the year America's basic systems started to crumble. He talks about that and whether his outlook is any better for 2023. Bedford fills us in on what else he is following. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf