EPA Screening Homes Near Ohio Train Derailment, Reports No Detections of Vinyl Chloride or Hydrogen Chloride - HS Today

The Environmental Protection Agency said today that, as of yesterday evening, 291 homes have been screened in the area the train derailment that occurred 10 days ago in East Palestine, Ohio. To date, no detections of vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride were identified for the completed screened homes, while there are 181 homes that remain to be screened. Local schools and the library were screened yesterday, EPA said, and the agency’s network of air monitoring stations throughout the East Palestine area did not detect anything above the action level. A...