(File photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(East Palestine, OH) A new report from the Government Accountability Project states that the EPA and Norfolk Southern allegedly manipulated soil samples after the 2023 East Palestine train derailment. According to a document from that group, Norfolk Southern’s contractor published a plan, but the Environmental Protection Agency then updated that plan the next day. The whistleblower group also confirms that more samples were given to be taken in locations that were heavily impacted. That same group also notes officials went to avoid some areas for them to show dioxin contamination.