Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, suggested Sen. J.D. Vance was 'irresponsible' for advising East Palestine, Ohio residents to drink bottle water over concerns the water could be contaminated.
Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, suggested Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, was being "irresponsible" for advising residents of East Palestine, Ohio to drink bottled water amid concerns that the derailment of a train had contaminated the town's water supply.
"No… I think that if I was living here, I would drink the bottled water for now. Better safe than sorry, especially since it's being provided for free. That's the guidance I would give. And again, residents are going to make their own decisions on this, but my honest, personal advice is: I'd be drinking the bottled water right now," Vance said.
Fox later caught up with Nehls, who was visiting the derailment site in his role as chair of the House Subcommittee on Railroads, and asked him about concern over"The water within this municipality is safe to drink," he declared."They have a water treatment facility. As a matter of fact, I just went to a local restaurant here and I said, ‘put some tapwater in here,’ and I drank it. The water is safe to drink.
However, Nehls said that residents who have private wells and aren't on the municipal water system should be concerned, because their water was not being run through the water treatment facility in the town. He encouraged those residents to have their water tested to make sure it was safe to drink.
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