The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has written the Norfolk Southern Railway describing the chemicals found at the site of a Feb. 3 train derailment and controlled burn in East Palestine, Ohio, that some local residents have linked to sickness or death among animals. The Feb. 10 letter from the EPA to Norfolk Southern notes “multiple…
Four More Toxic Chemicals Found on Tankers in Ohio Derailment
February 13, 2023
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Vinyl Chloride Release From Ohio Train Derailment Flying Below the Radar
February 13, 2023
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As reports of strange objects in the sky dominate the headlines, another potential danger in the air—vinyl chloride and other chemicals released following a Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, near the Pennsylvania border—has received comparatively little publicity, including from some relevant federal authorities. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg did not comment on the…
Buttigieg Makes No Mention of Cancer-Causing Chemical Release From Fiery Ohio Train Derailment
February 13, 2023
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As reports of strange objects in the sky dominate the headlines, another potential danger in the air—vinyl chloride and other chemicals released following a Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, near the Pennsylvania border—has received comparatively little publicity, including from some relevant federal authorities. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg did not comment on the…
Lawsuit Seeks Medical Testing After Toxic Train Derailment
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—Residents who filed a federal lawsuit in the fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals along the Ohio-Pennsylvania line are seeking to force Norfolk Southern to set up health monitoring for residents in both states. The lawsuit filed Thursday by two Pennsylvania residents calls for the rail operator to pay for medical…
50-car Train Derailment Causes Big Fire, Evacuations in Ohio
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio—A train derailment and resulting large fire prompted an evacuation order in an Ohio village near the Pennsylvania state line on Friday night, covering the area in billows of smoke lit orange by the flames below. About 50 cars derailed in East Palestine as a train was carrying a variety of freight from…
Truck Driver Involved in Tennessee Train Derailment Charged
COLLEGEDALE, Tenn.—The driver of a semi-truck involved in a Tennessee train derailment that left two train workers injured has been charged. Collegedale Police arrested the driver and charged him with failure to yield, a registration violation and felony reckless endangerment, news outlets reported on Wednesday. The train hit the truck, which was carrying a 134-foot…
2 Railway Employees Hospitalized After SC Train Derailment
COLUMBIA, S.C.—Two trains collided Monday morning in South Carolina, causing one of them to derail and leaving two railway employees hospitalized, according to the Columbia-Richland Fire Department. No additional injuries are expected. A diesel fuel leak was contained and poses no danger to the public or environment, Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey D. Jenkins told The…
Officials Identify 4 People Who Died in Amtrak Derailment
MENDON, Mo.—Authorities on Wednesday identified the four people killed when an Amtrak passenger train collided with a dump truck earlier this week in rural Missouri, saying two were from Kansas and two were from Missouri. The truck driver, 54-year-old Billy Barton II, of Brookfield, Missouri, died in Monday’s collision, the Chariton County coroner said. Two…
Train Derailment in East Iran Kills at Least 21, Injures 47
TEHRAN, Iran—A passenger train traveling through eastern Iran struck an excavator and derailed nearly half its cars before dawn Wednesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring another 47, officials said. The train derailment near the desert city of Tabas was the latest disaster to strike the Islamic Republic in recent weeks as Tehran struggles…
Train Derailment in East Iran Kills at Least 21, Injures 87
TEHRAN, Iran—A passenger train traveling through eastern Iran struck an excavator and nearly half its cars derailed before dawn on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring 87, officials said. The train derailment near the desert city of Tabas was the latest disaster to strike the Islamic Republic in recent weeks as Tehran struggles…
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