'We're going to stay:' DeWine, others make home visits in East Palestine, drink tap water
and drank tap water from each in an effort to reassure village residents that their municipal water supply is safe for human consumption.
The visit by DeWine, Johnson and Regan ― his second in as many weeks ― came a little more than two weeks after a Norfolk Southern train heading to Conway, Pennsylvania, derailed in East Palestine, spilling chemicals into the environment. Five of the, which was discharged through a controlled release to prevent an explosion.
DeWine said East Palestine's municipal supply is being tested weekly. Last week, the governor said testing from the Ohio EPA showed the village water is
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