EPA chief at train derailment site: 'trust the government'

The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency got a first-hand look Thursday at the toll left by a freight train derailment in Ohio, where toxic chemicals spilled or were burned off, leaving the stench of fresh paint nearly two weeks later.

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[andrewkast]

The government is the last source I would trust!

[jasonslabaugh]

Never once in my 50 years of being on this planet has Govt done ANYTHING to make us believe we can trust them..

[AndrewKendall]

Listen up, bureaucrats and gov't authorities — you don't request or demand or ask for or talk your way into trust. You do the right thing. And you're running very very very short on that.

[bryantf]

Yeah because the government works very hard to shield the monopoly giants from responsibility.

[proprocrastinator]

Yep, trust the government to always protect the corporate overlords.

[ub]

Don't ever forget Prez REAGAN's quote of; most terrifying words " I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

[jjano]

Don't worry about that black cloud. It blew somewhere else.

[ghoulishwastaken]

After everything that has happened the last 3 years… absolutely not

[karl-niclas_burner]

Corporations => Lobbyists => Politicians => Lawmakers => Goverment Agencies => Judges and Law Enforcement... Yeah I dobt see why people have problems trusting the goverment.

[necropolistc]

"Administrator Regan is a graduate of the North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, making him the first EPA Administrator to have graduated from a Historically Black College and University. He earned a master's degree in Public Administration from The George Washington University." this is from EPA gov website dude has a public administration degree not a science degree, they care more about his skin than his qualifications

[BL-jtqt]

"Trust the government"? Since when has anything any government officials have ever said or done that makes them trustworthy?

[Giratina]

Are you f'cking kidding me . Trust the govt?...this has gotta be a meme

[buixote]

EPA pretty much lost its credibility with 9/11; telling people it was safe to return, and not requiring workers to be given proper PPE. People are still dying as a result, and Christie Todd-Whitman walks free.

[Sonic-shvh]

LOL "trust the government" ? We did in NYC back in 2001, trust us, the air is fine .

[outlaw_]

I’ve never laughed at a video title so hard in all my life 😂😂😂😂

[WNWA]

Bwhahahahahaha! Every time they open their mouths they are lying about something and I'm not even talking about this. SMH

[spardaprowess]

Trust the government?!
Is he insane or just a shameless tool?

[skrMike]

Yo! That place ain't safe anymore. Those people need a whole new town. Like hundreds of miles away!

[northendgaming]

Vinyl chloride is a mutagen having clastogenic effects which affect lymphocyte chromosomal structure.[20][22] Vinyl chloride is a Group 1 human carcinogen posing elevated risks of rare angiosarcoma, brain and lung tumors, and malignant haematopoeitic lymphatic tumors.[23] Chronic exposure leads to common forms of respiratory failure (emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis) and focused hepatotoxicity (hepatomegaly, hepatic fibrosis). Continuous exposure can cause CNS depression including euphoria and disorientation. Decreased male libido, miscarriage, and birth defects are known major reproductive defects associated with vinyl chloride.

[shan]

Trust the government? Really? No thanks. Our trust in the govt is GONE.