reporter: erupted in east houston last night as residents got a chance for the first time to confront a norfolk southern representative over the train derailment contaminating their town. very sorry. reporter: the rail operator says today it s crews began removing part of tracks to dig out contaminated soil. but since the disaster, many of the rail workers at the site have reported symptoms like migraines and nausea says none d hazardous material training and they have been given little protection. they were provided, i am being told, only with n-95 masks. there were no tyvek suits, no rubber gloves. reporter: heidi paparella and her daughters, who live near the site, are also worried. they told us 16-year-old addison developed a rash and now uses an inhaler. what do you want people outside of east palestine to know?
The revelation came on Wednesday, after presidents from 12 unions met with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in Washington to discuss the derailment
Heidi Paparella, 43 mother of five from East Palestine, Ohio, is pleading for Biden to send medical help to the community after the toxic chemical runoff from the train derailment led to her daughter s hospitalization.