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Feb 19 2023
News
Cincinnati Blocks Ohio River Intakes After Chemical Disaster, Left with Water Reserves Only
Cincinnati has moved to shut down water intake from the Ohio River due to reports of contamination, making it the first city to do so. Earlier this month, a Norfolk Southern Railway train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, and left behind burning toxins. While no one was injured in the wreck, there have been multiple reports of sick and dying animals, including pets
Western JournalFeb 18 2023
News
Residents break out in rashes after Ohio train derailment
(NewsNation) — A woman who was forced to evacuate her home due to the train derailment in Ohio now has a rash on her body. It’s been two weeks since the train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, and toxins were released into the air. After being evacuated, Katlyn Schwarzwaelder and her boyfriend Chris went back home. Schwarzwaelder told NewsNation she broke out in a rash almost instantly. “I
NewsNationMar 10 2023
Opinion
How the train industry could change after the Ohio disaster
Railroads are a fixture of the American landscape: There are about 140,000 miles of track in the United States. But most people don’t think of the trains running through our towns and cities all that often.
“It was just a means of transportation for moving goods from one point to the other,” Wayne Bable told Vox’s Benji Jones last week in East Palestine, Ohio. “I mean, the trains are
VoxFeb 17 2023
News
Michigan derailment: No hazardous material spilled in second rail crash
A train carrying chemicals has derailed near Detroit but the carriage containing them stayed on the rails and officials say there has been no leak. It was operated by Norfolk Southern, the same train company at the centre of the Ohio crash which caused a toxic plume over a huge area two weeks ago. The number of trail derailments, especially those involving freight, has come under scrutiny
BBC NewsFeb 09 2023
News
Ohio avoids "tragedy of epic proportions" as train derailment evac lifted
Residents of the town of East Palestine in Ohio, near the border with Pennsylvania, have been allowed to return to their homes following a train derailment that led to a toxic chemical leak. Hundreds of residents from the area surrounding a railroad were forced to evacuate on Friday. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro on Monday urged residents in his state within a 1-mile radius to evacuate
NewsweekFeb 16 2023
News
Marco Rubio urges Biden to fire Pete Buttigieg over handling of Ohio train derailment
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) penned a letter to President Biden on Thursday demanding that he fire Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg over his handling of the train derailment that dumped toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month. The Florida Republican argued in the letter that Buttigieg’s response to derailment is just the latest example of behavior that demonstrates a “
New York Post (News)Feb 08 2023
News
NewsNation correspondent arrested while covering Ohio train derailment press conference
NewsNation correspondent Evan Lambert was arrested Wednesday as he was covering a press conference following the recent disastrous train derailment that occurred in Ohio. Footage from NewsNation, shows Lambert, who was doing a live shot at a press conference with Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who was set to provide an update on the chaos that erupted in East Palestine, being forced on the
Fox News (Online News)Feb 16 2023
News
Chemical Health Risks from the Ohio Train Accident--What We Know So Far
About two weeks after a train carrying toxic and combustible materials derailed just outside a small town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and filled the skies with black smoke, questions abound over the health and environmental impacts of the disaster. The February 3 derailment of the train, operated by Norfolk Southern, near East Palestine, Ohio, sparked a massive fire that sent fumes from
Scientific AmericanFeb 16 2023
News
Questions Haunt Scientists Investigating Chemical Risks from Ohio Train Derailment
About two weeks after a train carrying toxic and combustible materials derailed just outside a small town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and filled the skies with black smoke, questions abound over the health and environmental impacts of the disaster. The February 3 derailment of the train, operated by Norfolk Southern, near East Palestine, Ohio, sparked a massive fire that sent fumes from
Scientific AmericanFeb 16 2023
News
Backlash After Buttigieg Blames Trump for Hampering Train Safety Amid Ohio Train Derailment Fallout
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg faced sharp criticism after he appeared to cast some of the blame for the Ohio train derailment onto former President Donald Trump because the Department of Transportation (DOT) under the former president nixed an Obama-era regulation on advanced train brake systems. The derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3 of a freight train carrying hazardous
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