Officials urge Ohio community to use bottled water as they do testing following toxic train derailment
CBSN
Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, are being urged to use bottled water amid concerns that chemicals from the Feb. 3 train derailment may have seeped into local water sources. At the time of the accident, the train was carrying several hazardous chemical compounds known to cause health impacts when ingested.
During a press conference on Tuesday, Bruce Vanderhoff, the director of the state's Department of Health, said that most of the chemicals of concern are in a group known as Volatile Organic Compounds, or VOCs. Many VOCs are human-made chemicals used in a variety of products and that can be emitted by paints, cleaning supplies, pesticides, building materials and more, according to the EPA.
These compounds, Vanderhoff said, are "a part of our everyday life."
