Photos: A look at the aftermath of the Ohio train derailment
Vinyl chloride, which is used to make PVC plastics, dilutes fairly quickly in outside air and water. One concern for lingering exposure from the derailment involves private wells.
It's been more than a week since about 50 cars of a freight train derailed in a fiery, mangled mess near the Pennsylvania state line. In the days since, residents' concerns and questions have only abounded — amplified, in part, by misinformation spreading online.
The head of the EPA got a first-hand look Thursday at the damage and emotional toll left by a freight train derailment in Ohio that spilled toxic chemicals and burned in a huge plume over homes and businesses.
Long before this month’s fiery derailment, railroad industry leaders battled regulations meant to boost freight train safety, including plans to bolster some of the very same tank cars that ruptured and released chemicals in eastern Ohio.
In a packed Senate hearing, CEO Alan Shaw claimed his railroad firmly supports the goal of improving rail safety.
Fear and mistrust still grip many in the village of 4,700Â whipsawed by government assurances that the air and water are safe.
Anonymous pro-Russian accounts started spreading misleading claims and anti-American propaganda about it on Twitter.
Federal regulators say railroads need to re-examine how they assemble their trains. The call comes after a string of derailments in recent years that were partly caused by the way empty and loaded cars were mixed together with locomotives.
Officials in southeastern Michigan were angry when a landfill and deep-injection wells near Detroit received contaminated soils and liquids from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
Residents of East Palestine, Ohio say they worry what will happen to them and the village where they have deep family roots, friendships and affordable homes.
The Biden administration is handing out more than $570 million in grants to help eliminate railroad crossings in 32 states just as the industry is increasingly relying on longer and longer trains to cut costs.
Spurred on by train derailments, some states crisscrossed by busy freight railroads aren’t waiting for federal action to improve safety. Instead, they're pursuing their own remedies.
Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm at railroad crashes causing potential disasters, yet remain deadlocked on new safety regulations six months later.
Lawyers and unions representing rail workers say retaliation discourages other workers from speaking up.
Freight railroads have not followed through on their promise to join the program after a fiery Ohio derailment prompted calls for reforms.
The Biden administration has awarded $1.4 billion to projects improving railway safety and boosting rail capacity. Much of the money comes from the 2021 infrastructure law.Â
The Environmental Protection Agency will review risks posed by vinyl chloride, a ubiquitous cancer-causing chemical found in everything from shower curtains to toys used by children and pets.
The Biden administration is handing out more than $570 million in grants to help eliminate railroad crossings in 32 states just as the industry is increasingly relying on longer and longer trains to cut costs.
Officials say the aftermath of last year’s fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio doesn’t qualify as a public health emergency because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical exposures haven’t been documented.Â
Whistleblower questions delays and mistakes in way EPA used sensor plane after fiery Ohio derailment
The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that the EPA brags is always ready to deploy within an hour of a chemical disaster. But the plane didn’t fly in eastern Ohio until four days after last year's disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment.
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that Norfolk Southern repeatedly tried to interfere with the agency's investigation into the East Palestine derailment.
