( NewsNation ) — A preeminent expert on chemical exposure hired to review the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio told NewsNation in an exclusive interview that the parties involved now want the situation to go away.
Days after officials in East Palestine, Ohio , burned five tankers and sent 116,000 gallons of toxic vinyl chloride over the city, the law firm Simmons Conroy hired Stephen Petty to conduct testing.
Petty says the parties involved now want the situation to go away. His affidavit filed Monday is one of several statements the Government Accountability Project is issuing to the EPA Office of the Inspector General.
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Petty is currently bound by confidentiality but said he would speak publicly about his findings if a judge called on him to testify. Until then, Petty said he must be careful about what he says while a $600 million class-action settlement is pending.
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“Enough information suggests that we really ought to try to figure this out and see if everything’s OK or not, and I don’t think we’ve done that yet,” Petty said…