Derailments

U.S. EPA ordered Norfolk Southern to test for dioxins as residents' anxiety about their possible exposure to these toxic chemicals rises.

About eight train cars went off the tracks Wednesday evening in Mohave County, Ariz., near the California border. The incident follows a recent string of high-profile train derailments.

Independent testing overwhelmingly shows no evidence of harmful chemical contamination, while more than 100 residents are complaining that they’ve experienced new or worsening health problems since the derailment occurred Feb. 3. Why the paradox?

Ohio's attorney general has filed a 58-count complaint against Norfolk Southern seeking recovery of costs, damages and civil penalties for the derailment, which he said was "entirely avoidable".

Many homeowners believe that, even if they wanted to move away right now, no one would be willing to buy their homes. There’s already evidence they might be right.

Gov. Mike DeWine's office said a 26,800 ton pile of contaminated soil is sitting in East Palestine, waiting to be shipped to a licensed disposal facility.

Workers brought in to clear and rebuild the tracks in the hours and days after the derailment are now complaining of health effects similar to those experienced by residents of East Palestine.

Another headline-grabbing trail derailment in the span of a month has legislators urging stricter safety regulations for railway workers.

The company would add 200 more hotbox sensors that detect problems like the kind that derailed a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine.

Thousands of residents in East Palestine, Ohio, and some residents in Pennsylvania now will be able to live elsewhere at no additional cost while crews clean up after last month’s derailment of a Norfolk Southern train that had been hauling vinyl chloride, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday.