Hazards unleashed by East Palestine derailment are 'the worst …
WEB1 day ago · But he said he was not prepared for what he found when he examined the effects of combustion on the chemicals involved in the East Palestine derailment. “Frankly, I was a bit stunned,” he said. Burning the eight cancer-causing chemicals in East Palestine generated even more cancer-causing agents, he said. Thompson identified a total of 119.
Nearly 55,000 claims filed in East Palestine train derailment ...
WEB3 days ago · Sep 16, 2024; Thousands of claims have poured in from residents seeking a slice of the historic agreement with Norfolk Southern over the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment.
A once-secret report reveals cleanup workers got sick at Ohio ...
WEB3 days ago · A report undisclosed to the public since spring of 2023 revealed workers cleaning up the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment in February of 2023, became sick during the process. The Associated Press released the report on Wednesday, Aug. 14.
DEP to test East Palestine drinking water for a decade
WEB3 days ago · The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will continue to sample private drinking water wells within a 1-mile radius of the February 2023 train derailment site near East Palestine, Ohio, over the next 10 years. While no contamination has been found related to the derailment, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration’s long …
Fewer than 400 households reject $600M settlement
WEB3 days ago · Fewer than 400 households reject $600M settlement. Very few people who live near the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment opted out of a $600 million class action settlement despite...
Norfolk Southern reaches $310 million settlement in Ohio train derailment
WEB2 days ago · Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay more than $310 million in a settlement with the U.S. federal government for its train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, last year. The money from the settlement announced on Thursday, May 23, will go toward safety improvements and to address the health of East Palestine residents.
train derailment | PBS News
WEB3 days ago · In February, a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in the Ohio village of East Palestine, leading officials to burn the toxic freight to avoid an explosion.
‘He doesn’t care about us’: Biden still has no plans to visit East ...
WEB4 days ago · WASHINGTON — Republicans are continuing to criticize President Joe Biden for not visiting East Palestine, Ohio, where a train carrying toxic, cancer-causing chemicals derailed Feb. 3. Biden...
Global Organizing Against Toxic Pollution
WEB2 days ago · Please join the Institute for Policy Studies and the Center for International Environmental Law for an event where survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster in India and the 2023 toxic train derailment in East Palestine, OH, will share experiences and insights from their respective struggles Polluting, environmentally destructive activities of ...
Pete Buttigieg | PBS News
WEB4 days ago · Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in East Palestine, Ohio, to tour the site where a train wrecked nearly three weeks ago as the government faces growing criticism over the federal ...
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