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In the wake of the train derailment, some East Palestine residents founded the Unity Council for the East Palestine Train Derailment to advocate for themselves.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced Norfolk Southern has agreed to use Ohio companies for the cleanup after last month's train derailment. The state's lawsuit against Norfolk Southern continues.

Norfolk Southern has been heavily criticized for their response to the train derailment in East Palestine. One expert thinks the company should take note of how the chemical industry handles accidents.

Concerns about dioxins have been mounting since the company intentionally burned several rail cars’ worth of vinyl chloride.

At a town hall Thursday, experts said dioxin, a class of highly toxic carcinogens, could be present in East Palestine's soil and water as a result of the Norfolk Southern train derailment. They recommend testing.

The EPA has been monitoring for several hazardous chemicals following last week's train derailment in East Palestine.

Customers in Northeast Ohio who get their water from the Cleveland Division of Water can now go online to see if they are among the nearly 45 percent who…