“Because the investigators’ symptoms improved soon after they left the area, the incident was not reported to the public, the official said, noting that reports of illnesses experienced by CDC personnel on the job wouldn’t ordinarily be disclosed.”
Seven CDC investigators got sore throats, headaches, coughs and nausea while going house to house near the derailment. Officials and Norfolk Southern kept telling residents the air and water were safe. The investigators got to leave and feel better. The residents live there, and nobody told them for weeks.