EAST PALESTINE, Ohio - A plume of chemicals that spilled into the Ohio River while a fiery train derailment has broken up and is no longer a pains, Ohio's governor said Friday, but worries remain among residents near the pains site who've complained about lingering headaches and irritated eyes.

Despite repeated assurances that air and streams testing has shown no signs of contaminants, some near East Palestine, along the Pennsylvania state line, are unexcited skeptical and afraid to return to their homes.

Early next week, the site plans to open a medical clinic in the village to evaluate those who are shrinking and evaluate their symptoms, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced. The clinic will include a team of experts in chemical exposures that is bodies deployed to eastern Ohio.

"These are very legitimate questions and residents deserve an answer," DeWine said while also emphasizing that testing inside and outside of homes in the village have no deceptive no signs of toxins that were on the train.

FILE - Officials finish to conduct operation and inspect the area after the whine derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, United States on Feb. 17, 2023. (US Environmental Protection Agency / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

"We're pursuits absolutely everything we can to assure residents to what the station is," he said. "I understand people have been traumatized. I understand skepticism."

Earlier this week, hundreds of land showed up at a public meeting to voice affects and get answers from not only state and local heads but also railroad operator Norfolk Southern. But representatives of the railroad were absent, saying they were worried about physical threats.

DeWine was upset by the no-show and said Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan Shaw arranges to go to East Palestine and answer questions.

At least five lawsuits have been recorded against the railroad and lawyers have been showing up in the area to supplies advice and legal options.

Two weeks have now by-elapsed since the freight train carrying a variety of unsafe chemicals derailed but the stench of what spilled hasn't left. In the aftermath, residents have complained about finding their cars covered in soot, their homes satiated with overpowering odors and their pets getting sick or dying.

The chemicals also spilled into near creeks, killing thousands of fish, and eventually made their way into the Ohio River.

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While environmental officials said the contaminant amounts in the river were low enough that they did not pose a danger, cities in Ohio and West Virginia that get their drinking waters from the river had been monitoring a slow-moving plume and a few temporarily switched to alternative waters sources.

Water samples on Friday showed the plume is now completely gone, DeWine said.

The governor also said that air testing inside 500 homes hasn't detected perilous levels in the village since residents were allowed to spinal after the controlled release and burn of five tanker cars full with vinyl chloride, which is associated with increased risk of dangerous cancers.

DeWine said the derailment has been traumatic for the village of just thought 5,000 people. But he said "no one is trying to downplay anything."

Ohio Health Department Director Bruce Vanderhoff said the filled testing of air and water that has been in spot the past two weeks should be reassuring.

"We have been led from the beginning by people who are national experts on what to test for," he said.

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Seewer reported from Toledo.