Two weeks after a Norfolk Southern train hauling hazardous cargo derailed there, Michael Regan, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, traveled to East Palestine, Ohio, to speak with residents who are still concerned for their community’s health and safety.

Regan stated during a press conference, “After the fire, EPA air monitoring has not revealed any levels of health issues in the community attributable to the train disaster.”

Social media users have reported abrupt animal fatalities, headache complaints, and photographs of foreboding skies in the past two weeks.

Inhabitants of the community with a population of approximately 5,000 claims that local, state, and federal entities have not been forthright with the consequences of the derailment and controlled burn of the dangerous chemicals that leaked into the soil, water, and air.

Regan stated that the Biden administration would assist Governor Mike DeWine with “whatever the state needs” to recover from the derailment and highlighted that the government would hold the train firm accountable.

“I am requesting that [people] have faith in the government, which is difficult. The state and federal administrations have pledged to be exceedingly transparent because we are aware that there is a lack of confidence,” he stated.