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CDC team got sick while investigating health risks from Ohio toxic train derailment
2023-04-04
[NEWS.YAHOO] A team of seven US government Sherlocks fell ill while studying the health impacts of the February derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals through East Paleostine, Ohio, according to the CDC.

The group, including members of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, were going house-to-house surveying town residents near contaminated areas when they began feeling symptoms including sore throats, headaches, coughing and nausea. The group spent a day working from their hotel, before their symptoms quickly resolved, the agency told CNN
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"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," a CDC spokesperson told the network.

The public health agency did not initially disclose the team getting sick to the public.

Two contractors working on the derailment for the EPA also reported health symptoms after working in an area with strong odors, CNN reported. The agency said that none of the other more than 100 EPA employees on the scene reported any issues.

More than half of the people in a state survey reported headaches, anxiety, couching, fatigue, and irritated skin after the derailment, according to research released Friday from the Ohio Department of Health.

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Posted by:Fred

#5  Close the Youngstown wet market.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-04-04 14:31  

#4  Buckeye fever - don’t look it up. I just made it up.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-04-04 13:32  

#3  Pine pollen withdrawal ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-04-04 08:44  

#2  Tested for COVID? Symptoms are similar! Also not too far from seasonal allergy symptoms.

That said, I do sometimes get headaches from too much time around hobby solvents, which quickly resolve by leaving the room.
Posted by: Bobby   2023-04-04 08:40  

#1  "Were they vaxed?"
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-04-04 05:35  

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