'Hundreds' of trucks carrying toxic waste from East Palestine may be coming to Indiana in the coming weeks
Company taking the waste admits it's not certified to take dioxin, but hasn't been testing for dioxin - three trucks filled with waste already accepted
Three trucks filled with toxic soil and other material from East Palestine, Ohio, arrived in central Indiana this week, it was confirmed Wednesday.
And state Rep. Becky Cash, whose district is just seven miles from the toxic waste dump in the town of Roachdale that’s taking the waste, says there could be “hundreds” more trucks coming.
“They’re expecting a minimum of 100 more. It could be hundreds more,” she said Friday morning on the Kendall & Casey show on WIBC, the news/talk station in Indianapolis hosted by Rob Kendall and Casey Daniels.
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News broke on Tuesday afternoon that Heritage Environmental Services, a hazardous waste company based in Indianapolis, had agreed to take hazardous waste being cleared from the site of the derailment of the Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio, where nine train cars filled with chlorine-based chemicals derailed and were subsequently set on fire.
Heritage Environmental will store the waste at its facility in Putnam County, about an hour west of Indianapolis.
Officials say the waste is known to contain low levels of vinyl chloride.
But the derailment and the decision to light the chemicals on fire likely also created the very dangerous chemical called dioxin, experts say.
At a town hall meeting in Russellville, Indiana, on the evening of March 1, angry residents confronted representatives of Heritage Environmental, who admitted that they’re not testing for dioxin, and can’t handle dioxin.
“That’s the problem. They’re not certified to take dioxins but they’re not testing for them,” said Cash.
Gov. Eric Holcomb was initially reticent to act, with his office saying there was nothing the state could do.
But after a letter from Cash — and significant public pressure — he reversed course and announced yesterday that he is now ordering third-party testing for dioxin of the materials being sent to Indiana from East Palestine.
That testing is to begin today. But results aren’t expected for about 10 days, said Cash.
She said if dioxin is found, her hope is that the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) would prohibit Heritage Environmental from accepting any more shipments of contaminated soil from East Palestine.
But she said it’s probably too late for the three trucks that have already arrived, saying it’s probably not possible to remove this waste from the Heritage landfill in Roachdale.
“I don’t know all the details of it. But I’m not sure I want the three truckloads dug up and removed, so I think they have to stay where they are. I don’t think they can be removed, especially since you’re putting toxins on top of toxins. From my understanding, it’s like layering, like a cake.”
Cash is a newly elected Republican member of the Indiana General Assembly. Her district includes parts of Zionsville and Lebanon, two towns northwest of Indianapolis.
More audio - on dioxins
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More audio - on testing for dioxins:
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Full Kendall & Casey show for March 3, 2023 — Skip to 37:33 for State Rep. Becky Cash talking about the East Palestine waste coming to Indiana:
Rep. Becky Cash also posted this video to her Facebook page last night:
Nobody is testing for dioxin. And I wouldn't trust their results if they were. Like Norfolk Southern wants results showing high levels of dioxin. You can bet they will get results that show everything is "safe". Just like the EPA has been spouting for the past month. And the CDC for the past three years.
What a bunch of corrupt criminals.
Mike Adams is buying equipment to test for dioxins but it will be 90 days before his lab is up and running with it since they need to be trained on the equipment. He said it will cost him millions to get the capability and pass all the requirements but he knows we cannot trust the "officials".
Unbelievable. Our government consists of the biggest bunch of boobs ever in the history of this country. It's like they're trying to create environmental catastrophes.