EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — After President Biden ordered the EPA, FEMA and CDC to conduct door-to-door visits in East Palestine to check families impacted by the Ohio train derailment, the White House says those teams had reached about 350 households by the end of the weekend.
An update provided to 3News said they “are on track to exceed their target of reaching 400 families by Monday."
President Biden had issued the door-to-door order late last week.
FEMA officials have also announced they plan to hold daily press conferences to provide updates from East Palestine at 4 p.m.
"What we're seeing is that there are many people on the ground from the federal government," Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine told 3News' Russ Mitchell in an interview last week. "Probably the most important people are medical doctors, others who are really experts in toxins, experts in releases like we have seen and they continue to monitor the results and give us the best information that they have."
On Sunday, the EPA said the removal of contaminated soil and liquid from the East Palestine train derailment site will resume Monday.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), meanwhile, released their preliminary report regarding the derailment investigation last week, which you can read in full HERE.
"This was 100% preventable," NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters during a Thursday press conference. "We call things accidents; there is no accident. Every single event that we investigate is preventable."
Last week also brought several high-profile visits to the East Palestine community, including stops by former President Trump, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and activist Erin Brockovich.