Nearly half of a government team investigating the potential health effects of a toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, fell ill while conducting their research, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In a March 31 statement provided to The Epoch Times, CDC spokesperson Belsie Gonzalez advised that the illnesses occurred on March 6, when seven members of a 15-person team of CDC and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry staff reported symptoms such as sore throat, headache, coughing, and nausea.
Their symptoms, Gonzalez noted, were consistent with those reported by some East Palestine residents and first responders, whom the team was surveying to assess the potential health effects of their exposure to the chemicals released by the Feb. 3 derailment.
"Following protocol, team members reported the symptoms to federal safety officers," she said.
"Symptoms resolved for most team members later the same afternoon, and everyone resumed work on survey data collection within 24 hours. Impacted team members have not reported ongoing health effects."
"Once completed, CDC/ATSDR staff will analyze the data and provide it to state health officials in Ohio and Pennsylvania," she said.
In the complaint, the DOJ noted that the chemicals involved in the spill-which included the highly toxic and flammable gas of vinyl chloride, among others-had previously been linked to adverse health effects.
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