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Vol. 1 · Issue 05 · May 2026
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Solo Into East Palestine, OH - What’s It Like Now? 🇺🇸

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@ArmMeWithHarmony
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Thank you for not having clickbait titles or thumbnail shots with you covering your mouth & gasping in disbelief. Your channel is on-the-ground journalism, not tabloid fodder.

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@Albertaminds
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My buddy is a chemist . Like he had said , " When they lit those cars on fire, they injured everyone breathing in the area . See when poly vinyl chloride was burned and it went up and hit the clouds ( water ) . It turned into Hydrochloric Acid that EVERYONE was breathing !" ... …

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@Zach_Minnesota
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I always find it strange that the media talks about an issue like this for 2-3 days, then tries to act like it never happened. Good on you Peter for addressing this very real situation.

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@Anjoy17
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To have to pay taxes on settlement $ of 70K is insult to injury.

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@PeterSantenello
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I like going to places where big events happened, but time has allowed the dust to settle; it usually offers a unique perspective. Most cameras disappear, but the story stays. What is that story like from the locals now? Always keep in mind that the people I talk to are the peopl…

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@PeterSantenello
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I like going to places where big events happened, but time has allowed the dust to settle; it usually offers a unique perspective. Most cameras disappear, but the story stays. What is that story like from the locals now? Always keep in mind that the people I talk to are the peopl…

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@SlimPickins_07
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Man those ladies just seem so out of touch. "They could have just sold their house and moved if they wanted". Not that easy when your entire life is in an area.

concernedculture
@CollectCreateCollaborate
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“No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine.” - William Blum

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@rollodane54
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I can't believe they soaked it up from the creek and took it to a park and washed it into the ground. Sending you a settlement and 1099ed people. Amazing. I trust my ruling class as far as I can throw 'em.

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@jdc4483
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Peter, regardless of someone’s position on this topic, I want to thank you for being an actual reporter. It’s so typical of the mainstream media, not do the hard work that you do.

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@rhodesfunk2996
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Poisoned an entire town of people, absolutely disgusting

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@TyTheCarGuy1
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That couple on the porch speaks about the subject so clearly that I can obviously tell it's weighing on their minds every single day...

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@Woof-oe2vk
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I’m 45 minutes south of East Palestine and could feel the burning in my nose and eyes. Good luck to these folks, don’t trust the big money involved with the testing!

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@smokeyrandy7572
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Wow, that welder and his wife have an uncommon amount of common sense and common knowledge. Those children are incredibly lucky to have parents like that.

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@angela86753
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I am so sick of good people getting F'd over in this world and all the gaslighting that goes with it. Don't take their dirty money

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@zebiraross
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The people of East Palestine need to do a class action lawsuit. Don't take the payoff!

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@helenbeagle9851
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Please keep shedding light on this.... The couple ,being interviewed on the front of their porch, know exactly what is going on.

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@openyoureyes3969
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I grew up going to East Palestine Pool in the summer (the 80's), what great town it was. What is sad is the young people that are SICK, getting mocked when they go to local hospitals. The hospitals REFUSE to test for dioxins that are truly making these people ill.

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@silentk59
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That blonde lady is sweet and optimistic, but so naive. She and her family and generations of their families, are essentially consigned to a life of complications. Its one thing to be positive, its another to be naive and ignore the writings on the wall.

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@purpleprose1315
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20 minutes in the lady in the pink shirt represents so much of Ohio. If they read it, they believe it. Interest rates are high, inventory is low. She makes it sound so simple and true.

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@darkgreenbud4207
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The biggest thing out of this I got was the family talking about what mainstream media did people need to pay attention they literally said "we would tell them this is how it went and the next day when there story came out it was the exact opposite of what we said and if they do …

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@ChristinePontius
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I can tell you as someone who lives about about a 1/2 hr from East Palestine that Erin Brockovich was in our town in April. I believe she went and spoke with ppl in E. Palestine. I think its important these ppl aren't forgotten, bc in 5-10 yrs, if there are health issues that a…

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@Cynocephalidae
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Thank you for giving these folks a voice Peter. What you're doing is top notch journalism, please keep up the great work.

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@barbarabell8674
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The lemonade stand girls are adorable! Mom and dad are doing a great job raising them. More parents should monitor their children’s media.

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@whitegrizzleySR
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I feel for these people. I have worked in the plastics industry for 25 years (2 places) and breathed in the dust, smoke and chemicals and now I have COPD and struggle to breathe normal I hope that they don't have to go thru this.

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@Blueprintfortheplanet
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The state senator filmed stirring up the creek was none other than JDVance. I remember that video. I hope these folks get some justice for the awful handling of this tragedy. ❤ to East Palestine!

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@anybodyoutthere3208
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Wow Pete Thanks for checking on this story and the people Even CNN hasn’t gone back True journalism! Best to everyone in Palestine OH ❤

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@leighsdsc9340
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As a boilermaker welder in Australia. He's not sick from his trade. Wise up America. Im starting to feel for Americans the same i feel for the poorest country in the world. Love everyone.

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@TheCosmicRealm3
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Anyhow, Peter just has zero fear of people. It doesn't matter how many people are around he will just walk up and socialize. That today is a hard thing to do for a lot of people. I give you props on many different levels.

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@Cr15t1n3
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I smell a non-disparagement clause attached to the settlement! The way SO MANY people had the same talking points: we don’t know what’s going to happen 5-10 years from now, if we do get sick, we don’t know if it was from something else before the spill, the EPA and Norfolk listen…

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@PamelaKendall-j5t
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I like the part where the mother says "This isn't giving my kids a realistic view of business" and the dad chimes in "It is, Government throwing money around" Amen dad amen haha.

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@mikedoby4024
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We had an Uncle that was in WW1 that suffered from mustard gas exposure. Treated at the VA in CLE in the 60's. Sum of the same chemicals in the "burn". I pray for all affected by this disaster.

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@spootnewton7121
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@PeterSantenello is the new face of journalism. Three million subscribers testify to that fact. Even on independent media, journalists willing to just tell the truth, as experienced by the people involved, are as rare as hen's teeth. Most Youtubers seem to be much more concerned …

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@berean77
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What impresses me about the people in this town, is that there seems to be zero sense of entitlement. They just want to live their lives. I hope the long-term impact is not as bad as I fear it will be.

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@lrn_news9171
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True journalism. This was already a forgotten event by most people, thanks for bringing it to light again.

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@tdstellar5218
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Peter, you really found your calling. You are quite amicable, respectful & unassuming, putting people at ease. You go to places to remind ours of recent and historical times. Keep doing you!

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@JacksonsStar
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I live 1 hour south of East Palestine, right along the Ohio river and they were detecting those chemicals in the Ohio river all the way down by Steubenville and Weirton and below. I went up to East Palestine a few days after this happened and the entire atmosphere was just so we…

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@fckemweball
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i think its wild how mainstream media swept this under the rug so fast and nobody gives us an update, thank you Peter! also the lady that said its not that bad i wonder if she’ll think the same in 20 yrs

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@KLynn58
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I live in Beaver Falls — 30 miles north of Pittsburgh, and 13 miles from East Palestine. This whole series has made my heart happy! I’ve watched you for a long time and hoped you’d get here to our little corner eventually. Thank you for doing what you do — you are one of the few …

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@Jessica-ul6me
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I have a little fish pond and I'm 20 minutes north. When it rains we sometimes get weird film on top of our water that looked like the things they were finding in the beginning (shiny spots). Had some fish die. I got the notice in the mail for the class action thing. Our water h…

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