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There are toxic chemicals on trains
People in US’ East Palestine, where a freight train derailment led to the release of toxic chemical vinyl chloride, have taken part in voluntary air tests. Norfolk Southern President Alan Shaw said the company has been aligned with the US Environmental Protection Agency and local efforts on the ground since the train derailment. He added…
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The crews burned the chemicals in derailed tanker cars
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that it has found no chemical detections in the air of 291 homes screened by it for hazardous chemicals, including vinyl chloride and hydrogen chloride, after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. No evacuation orders have been issued or lifted in East Palestine. Norfolk Southern said most…
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There are high risks for chemical spills
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has notified Norfolk Southern of the failure of a train carrying hazardous chemicals, including phosgene, hydrogen chloride and vinyl chloride, near Ohio’s East Palestine. Norfolk Southern has been asked to submit a written response by May 30. Norfolk Southern has said that it will provide an update on efforts to…
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Upset Ohio town residents are looking for answers
Residents of the US village of East Palestine who were evacuated after a train derailed five days ago will be allowed to return to their homes, East Palestine Fire Chief Keith Drabick said. Authorities warned that burning vinyl chloride, an odourless chemical, in five of the derailed tanker cars would send hydrogen chloride and the…
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Norfolk Southern backs out of a community meeting because of threats after an Ohio train derails
The residents of East Palestine, US can return to their homes after crews burned toxic chemicals when the train derailed near the Pennsylvania state line. The US Environmental Protection Agency, with the Ohio National Guard and Norfolk Southern, has collected air samples, checking for vinyl chloride, hydrogen chloride, carbon monoxide, phosgene and other compounds in…
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Toxic chemicals on trains are a risk
An evacuation order in US’ East Palestine has been lifted after authorities found air and water samples taken on Tuesday showed that it’s now safe. Officials had earlier warned that the burning of vinyl chloride, which was in five of the derailed tanker cars, would send hydrogen chloride and the toxic gas phosgene into the…