How EPA Plans To Keep East Palestine Residents Safe After Derailment

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The Environmental Protection Agency says tests have not shown any contamination of air or drinking water linked to the train derailment near East Palestine, Ohio.

But residents in the area still have safety concerns.

NPR's Ari Shapiro asks EPA Administrator Michael Regan about those concerns and about the agency's response to the disaster.

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This episode was produced by Connor Donevan and Alejandra Márquez Janse, with engineering by Patrick Murray. It was edited by Ashley Brown and William Troop. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.