“In Ohio, “there are 75,000 acres of farmland, fertile farmland, that are all now being poured down with acid rain.”
Social media posts
Facebook post. Claim dated 19 Feb 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The Ohio Department of Agriculture denied that the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, caused acid rain to pour down on farmlands.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 February 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 March 2023, 24 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/1378268966293532/
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