disaster. the epa says it has not detected any contaminants in the town s drinking water and says tests have shown the air is safe to breathe. but, you know, many residents in east palestine and other nearby towns, they re concerned about the potential long-term health effects. this town is going to need long-termest thing term testing. there s a lot of people who don t want to stay and really can t blame them. a major concern for me would definitely be the water. i think they should have dredged the creeks that are going out because, you know, it s spreading into other communities. arthel: garrett tenney is live in east palestine, ohio, with the very latest. garrett? reporter: yeah, arthel, that is such a tough question that a lot of folks are naysing now. facing no. with so much uncertainty about what the future of this town looks like, do we stay or do we go? to answer that question, it s going to take some answers, and some of those answers are going to take time.
toxins get anxious from the toxins themselves. so you talked about irritation to the eyes, to the skin, to the lungs if you have underlying lung disease, you can get asthma attacks from this. on top of that, there s anxiety. now, what chemicals are we talking about? there s been a lot of discussion the about vinyl chloride, and initially vinyl chloride can cause those effects, can cause makes, but it also can break down to hydrogen chloride which also can cause irritation to the eyes, to the lungs, headaches. but i ll tell you one that no one s talked about enough, which is dye i don t cares sins. eric, when vinyl chloride breaks down into the soil, you getty ox sins. the long-term risk of breast cancer, long-term risks of developmental delays in children, long-term risks of reproductive problems. so they ve got to be testing the soil for dioxins in addition to these other chemicals. eric: remember what happened back in the 70s and 80s about that. the stories we re hearing from peopl