Ohio Governor Responds to Farmers’ Concerns About Soil After Toxic Train Derailment

Three crosses stand on a hillside overlooking a farm on the state line of Ohio and Pennsylvania following a train derailment prompting health concerns in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 17, 2023. Michael Swensen/Getty Images

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine responded Friday to ongoing concerns expressed by local farmers in and around East Palestine about their soil, crops, and livestock, following the train derailment on Feb. 3 and subsequent spill of toxic chemicals into the air, ground, and water.

DeWine, after being presented with farmers’ concerns, told CBS affiliate WHIO: “There’s going to be soil testing. Anybody want soil testing, that’s going to be provided. So it’s very important, the testing of the water continues, the testing of air continues.”