Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine
A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed and caught fire in the town of East Palestine, Ohio, around 9 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. Of the 38 cars that derailed, 11 contained toxic chemicals including vinyl chloride, a known carcinogen, and butyl acrylate.
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Zsuzsa Gyenes and her son have been living at a hotel in Cranberry, Pa., since a few days after the Norfolk Southern train derailment near their (now former) home in East Palestine, Ohio.
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Ygal Kaufman/Ideastream Public MediaThe village highlighted accomplishments since the February 2023 train derailment, including a new logo, website, social media, monthly newsletter and filming council meetings. -
Ygal Kaufman/Ideastream Public MediaThe East Palestine Health Impact Monitoring Act of 2025 would authorize funding long-term studies of the health impacts of the derailment, according to a press release.
RESOURCES:
- U.S. EPA Hotline: 1-866-361-0526
Air monitoring, water sampling, intake for scheduling cleaning services - Health Assessment Clinic:
234-564-7755 or 234-564-7888
First Church of Christ, 20 W. Martin St., East Palestine - Family Assistance Center: 800-230-7049
Abundant Life Church
46469 OH-46
New Waterford, Ohio 44445 - Ohio’s CareLine: 800-720-9616
24/7 free, confidential emotional support - Poison Control Center: 800-222-1222
- Residential Testing Hotline: 330-849-3919
Home air quality testing & private wall water testing - Train derailment incident hotline: 234-542-6474
For information on odors, fumes or personal health - Ohio Dept of Agriculture, Division of Animal Health: 614-728-6220
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The new federal requirement was a milestone in organized labor’s long fight to preserve the practice of two-person crews and came amid increasing scrutiny into railroad safety. -
A team of researchers is studying the impact on residents' health from exposure to toxic chemicals released during the East Palestine train derailment. -
If resolved by the court, the settlement agreement would resolve all class action claims within a 20 mile radius of the derailment, according to a press release from Norfolk Southern. -
The residential well sampling project will ensure drinking water is safe in East Palestine and surrounding areas, according to Sen. Sherrod Brown's office. -
In a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy testified that evidence shows the controlled burn was not needed.
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National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said at a Senate Committee hearing Wednesday that the burnoff of vinyl chloride could have been avoided. -
Several lawsuits related to the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio derailment have been filed by local residents, school districts, corporations, the state and the federal government. -
The president toured the site of the derailment in East Palestine and met with local and federal officials to discuss the progress in the cleanup over the past year. -
President Biden is expected to make his first visit to East Palestine Friday. Some residents are critical that it's taken more than a year since the Norfolk Southern derailment for him to visit. -
East Palestine residents and other environmental activists sent a letter to President Joe Biden and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan on Wednesday outlining recommendations for actions in East Palestine.
