(NewsNation) — Internal emails from the Environmental Protection Agency show the EPA was systematically tracking and attempting to discredit an independent scientist who found high levels of toxins in East Palestine, Ohio, according to Nexstar's NewsNation.

That contradicts the EPA’s assurances to residents when they told them it was safe to return home following a train derailment and controlled burn of cars containing hazardous chemicals.

The emails show the EPA was also tracking residents, even as those same residents said the agency was ignoring their concerns.

After officials in East Palestine burned five tankers of vinyl chloride and the EPA said it was all clear for residents to return, independent testing expert Scott Smith found elevated levels of dioxins in the soil in East Pa

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