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Toxic garlic grown in East Palestine, Ohio, is prompting renewed concerns about the safety of the area and risks to the residents who still call it home more than a year after a toxic train derailment wreaked havoc on their lives.
The petition cites independent testing that found high levels of chemicals in garlic grown in East Palestine. According to the Government Accountability Project's research, composite soil samples at the derailment site showed dioxin Toxic Equivalency Quotients at 91.9 per trillion, 19 times higher than the 4.8 per trillion residential screening level.
"The cancer-causing chemicals here, to put it in perspective, I've been in 60 disasters, and every chemical I've ever encountered is in East Palestine," Smith told Scripps News."That's what makes this different. The mixtures of chemicals are unprecedented. And I have a saying 'you can't find what you don't look for.' The EPA is being very clever here because they're clearly a captured agency and they've been corrupted.
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