Research isn’t always planned. But when a community needs quick answers in a crisis, research and data can help inform decision making. Using Haley Shoemaker’s Ohio State University Extension connection to the community and research facilities at the Food, Science, and Technology Department in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, Haley and researcher Jeff Hattey developed a protocol to sample plant tissue after a train derailment in East Palestine.

To get the complete results from the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, visit https://ema.ohio.gov/media-publications/east-palestine-derailment-info/testing-results.