Watchdog: Biden Admin Hid Cancer Cluster Report in East Palestine

Lesley Pacey, an investigator with the Government Accountability Project, on Sunday said that while the people of East Palestine, Ohio, were dealing with the aftermath of the train derailment, which launched a cloud of toxic vinyl chloride into the air and water causing dead fish to float up from the river, the Biden administration was discussing internally whether to release to the public a report detailing the event may have caused "cancer clusters."

Pacey told NewsNation that an unmet needs report taken by a FEMA official showed that the agency "knew health care was the No. 1 issue."

The investigator had obtained FEMA documents via a Freedom of Information Act request. They showed extensive coordination between the emergency management agency, the White House, the National Security Council, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Justice Department, voicing concerns about the resident's health. But they chose not to tell the public. Notably, during his 2024 campaign, President Joe Biden had been scheduled to visit East Palestine but never did.