The Environmental Protection Agency disputed whistleblower claims of mistakes and 'no confidence' in early data collected from the site where a Norfolk-Southern train hauling caustic materials derailed along the Pennsylvania-Ohio border last year. A person who said he helped craft the technology and interpret data from advanced radiological sensors on a high-tech EPA plane used to survey the damage and take hazmat readings told The Associated Press the aircraft was enlisted too late.
We do understand there are experts who had other opinions . … Vance said no one brought forward,' the spokesman added. Requests seeking comment from Vance's office went unanswered, but the senator notably called President Biden's visit to East Palestine one year after the derailment 'pure politics' and akin to a 'political stunt.