The CDC confirmed that seven government investigators on a “health impact” team in East Palestine, Ohio “fell ill” with the same symptoms they were screening local residents for. The report downplays their initial acute illness as “brief.” That could turn out to be a major case of “misinformation,” because even the experts aren’t as educated as they could and should be on the long-term effects from exposure to toxic chemicals. The ones released into the area’s environment are perfect examples of the ones human “canaries” have been unsuccessfully warning about for decades. That’s exactly why Erin Brockovich dropped everything and made a beeline for the disaster site.
CDC impact team ‘impacted’
The toxic train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio is forcing the CDC to come face-to-face with a major dilemma. One that’s been building for half a century. The long term effects on people from exposure to toxic chemicals is a highly controversial subject for the medical community. Things broke out into war a long time ago. Battle lines were drawn between the scientific community, backed by the chemical/pharmaceutical industry, and individual patients with unexplained symptoms.
One of those patients was Stephen Paddock, the “Las Vegas Shooter.” That’s why the FBI had his brain autopsied. They still refuse to admit they found what they were looking for. Most patients with Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance suffer ongoing debility for the rest of their lives following chemical exposures. They call themselves canaries and have been fighting for recognition since the 1970’s. It’s not easy because they’re generally destitute and disabled, while their opponents have virtually unlimited resources.
When a remodeling project in the mid-1980s, at the EPA headquarters, caused hundreds of government employees to fall ill with suspiciously similar complaints, doctors began taking notice. The chemical industry fought back even harder, dumping billions into suppressing any possibility of the condition being taken seriously.
Seven US government investigators briefly fell ill in early March while studying the possible health impacts of a toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to CNN https://t.co/ecee3ouyXu
— CNN (@CNN) March 31, 2023
Decades of evidence since then made a huge pile under the carpet. East Palestine ripped the cover away, to expose the pile of filth which has finally became too big to hide. Now, the CDC is faced with the same problem the EPA had, they can’t deny what they themselves are sickened by. That’s why the FBI just released “new evidence” in the Paddock case to Wall Street Journal. They’re still playing cover-up games.
CNN reported on March 31, that CDC investigators are reporting “sore throats, headaches, coughing and nausea – consistent with what some residents experienced after the February 3 train derailment that released a cocktail of hazardous chemicals into the air, water and soil.” Each of the seven investigators reporting symptoms were “part of a team conducting a house-to-house survey in an area near the derailment.” As they learned in their extensive training, they “immediately reported their symptoms to federal safety officers.” Thankfully, initial symptoms “resolved for most team members later the same afternoon, and everyone resumed work on survey data collection within 24 hours.” Another good sign is that “impacted team members have not reported ongoing health effects.” Yet.
One of the hideous nightmares for those afflicted by TILT, also called Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), is that long after the initial effects go away, an entirely new constellation of symptoms starts. Ones that mimic everything from allergy to flu and are often misdiagnosed. They also find themselves more and more sensitive to things which don’t bother most people at all. Perfume is the number one thing canaries complain about. Once they start eliminating their personal triggers, they’ve tossed everything from toothpaste to dish detergent. Laundry soap, shampoo, deodorant… all become hazardous toxins to avoid at all cost. It keeps getting worse.
Illnesses are coming to light
CNN reports that “the illnesses are coming to light after repeated assurances by government officials and representatives from Norfolk Southern, the company that operated the train, that the air and drinking water in East Palestine is not hazardous to health.”
The CDC notes that it “is not clear what caused the investigators’ symptoms – whether chemical exposure or something else, such as fatigue.” An unnamed “official familiar with the cases” relates that “the team, some of whom are officers and physicians in the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service, found it suspicious that they became ill at the same time and with the same symptoms.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the number of investigators affected and the symptoms but were quick to tell the press that they didn’t think there was anything to report.
Even the CDC got sick in East Palestine https://t.co/eIHuzrNv0c
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) March 31, 2023
“Because the investigators’ symptoms improved soon after they left the area, the incident was not reported to the public, the official said, noting that reports of illnesses experienced by CDC personnel on the job wouldn’t ordinarily be disclosed.” Professionals disagree. “Still, experts in chemical exposures say the episode is significant,” CNN writes.
“It adds confirmation that the symptoms reported by East Palestine residents are real and are associated with environmental exposures from the derailment and chemical fire,” verifies David Michaels, an epidemiologist and professor at the George Washington University School of Public Health.
The CDC needs to take a hard look at the situation and track the effects long-term, not just for a few weeks or months, but years. Michaels ran the Occupational Safety and Health Administration between 2009 and 2017. CNN also notes that separately, back in February, “two contractors who were working for the US Environmental Protection Agency reported symptoms related to strong odors and reported them to the site safety officer. The safety officer advised the contractors to step away from the area where they were working and monitor their symptoms.“
