Yep. The Ohio EPA’s position that the drinking water there is safe is based not on their own testing but on testing done for Norfolk Southern by an independent lab. Every page of the report has “Client: Norfolk Southern” on it. And the actual results show several compounds way above safe threahold levels.
We have a similar situation here, but with a hydroelectric energy company. They spent millions re-engineering their dams to allow salmon passage, but the change causes several months of toxic temperature and pH levels in 100 miles of river downstream. They’ve severely damaged what was a blue-ribbon trout and salmon river, and they’ve been abbetted by the state environmental department.
Oh: and it hasn’t improved salmon passage.
