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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg warns Norfolk Southern to support East Palestine
By: Josh Boak | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sent a letter Sunday to the CEO of Norfolk Southern, warning that the freight rail company must “demonstrate unequivocal support for the people”… Read More
Risks for chemical spills are high, but here’s how to protect yourself
By: Jaclyn Diaz | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Questions linger over the potential health and environmental impact of the derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals near East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month. Some residents… Read More
Upset residents in East Palestine seek answers over train derailment
By: Patrick Orsagos | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Residents of the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a school gym on Wednesday to seek answers about whether they were safe… Read More
Ohio officials say air quality in East Palestine is fine but not to drink the water
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State health, safety and environmental officials said the air quality in and around East Palestine is what it was before authorities conducted a controlled… Read More
The train derailment in Ohio prompts a West Virginia water utility to take precautions
By: Associated Press
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia water utility is enhancing its water treatment process as a precaution following the derailment of a train hauling chemicals that later sent up a toxic… Read More
Wary residents return home after toxic train derailment in East Palestine
By: Patrick Orsagos | John Seewer | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Hours after being told she could go home for the first time since a train derailment involving hazardous chemicals and later sent up a toxic plume near… Read More
Officials say the air near Ohio train derailment is safe for residents to return home
By: Associated Press
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Evacuated residents can return to the Ohio village where crews burned toxic chemicals after a train derailment five days ago near the Pennsylvania state line… Read More
Toxic gases connected to Ohio train derailment cause concern
By: Brittany Peterson | Seth Borenstein | AP
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Days after crews released and burned toxic chemicals transported by a wrecked train in Ohio, residents remain concerned about the toxic gas that could be… Read More
East Palestine is under a mandatory evacuation and possible explosion warning after a toxic train derailment
By: Annie Wu | ideastream
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (ideastream) — Residents within a one mile radius of a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, are under a mandatory evacuation. One of the train cars that… Read More