The Environmental Protection Agency should conduct additional soil studies near the site of a toxic train derailment in Ohio and warn people it might not be ...
and warn people it might not be safe to garden there after independent testing showed high levels of chemicals in locally grown garlic , a watchdog group said Thursday.
In the past, agency officials have dismissed the independent tests cited by the Government Accountability Project, pointing to their concerns with quality control. The tests were performed by Scott Smith, a businessman and inventor who, since his own factory was inundated by tainted floodwaters in 2006, has been on a crusade to help communities affected by chemical disasters.
Last summer, the local farmers market made a point of bringing in produce from several states away because of all the worries about anything grown in the area. Smith is also an inventor and holds 25 patents, including for a specialized foam that repels water and absorbs oil, which he developed at his former company, Cellect Technologies. He has offered to sell the product in some of the affected communities he has visited, but he says he isn't making a profit on his work in East Palestine.
He argues that even if his test results aren’t perfect, they should prompt additional investigation by the EPA.
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