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Couldn't they just hire a company to do the testing out of their own pocket? It wouldn't be that expensive.

The average household income in East Palestine is $40k. Hard to take a comment like this seriously when that’s the case.

Given the reality of the situation, they likely wouldn’t see a dime back. Something tells me they can’t afford that kind of loss.

Railways rarely go through wealthy neighbourhoods. As the expression goes "born on the wrong side of the tracks".