Medical grade purifiers handed out to two East Palestine families
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio - Eight months after the fiery and toxic train derailment in East Palestine, hundreds of people who live in the village are still concerned for their health.
Two of those families received in-home air purifiers Monday afternoon.
They were donated by funds raised by HelpEastPalestineOhio.org.
One family lives with their kids about three miles from the derailment site and said they're continuing to have unexplained nosebleeds.
Another family fled from their home after developing symptoms including cardiac problems.
Even though it's eight months or so past it, they're still concerned," Robert Helbeck, Minister of First Church of Christ in East Palestine, said. "People are still concerned about things, some people smell things, some have nosebleeds, some have a lot more allergies than they had in the past. Their kids are having some difficulty breathing."
More than 700 families are on the waiting list for the purifiers, which reduces 99.9% of contaminants in the air and on surfaces.
