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The Toxic Chemicals Spilled by the Ohio Train Derailment


A year after a train derailment in Ohio spilled hazardous chemicals ...

Daily life largely returned to normal for the nearly 5000 residents of East Palestine, Ohio, months after a Norfolk Southern train derailed ...

Ohio train derailment: Experts on toxic chemical risks - STAT News

They are: vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, ethylene glycol, isobutylene, and ethylhexyl acrylate. Here's a quick rundown of each chemical's ...

Toxic chemicals from Ohio train derailment lingered in buildings for ...

3, 2023, a train carrying chemicals jumped the tracks in East Palestine, Ohio, rupturing railcars filled with hazardous materials and fueling ...

Toxins from Ohio train derailment spread to 16 states: Data

3, 2023, officials — with the EPA's blessing — burned 116,000 gallons of vinyl chloride into the region. Now, for the first time since the ...

Toxic chemicals from Ohio train derailment lingered in buildings for ...

In a new study on the East Palestine, Ohio toxic chemical train derailment, researchers describe the contamination, along with problems with ...

Hazardous chemical polluted air weeks after Ohio train derailment ...

According to the study, levels of a chemical irritant called acrolein detected near the derailment site on Feb. 20 and 21 were up to six times ...

Timeline: The toxic chemical train derailment in Ohio - CBS News

The 38 derailed train cars were carrying substances including vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl ...

After the Ohio Train Derailment: Evacuations, Toxic Chemicals and ...

3, a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in eastern Ohio, igniting a fire that covered the town of East Palestine in smoke. Fearful of an ...

The Ohio Train Derailment and its Toxic Aftermath

The accident led to a massive chemical spill and triggered a national conversation about train safety and vinyl chloride, a highly flammable, ...

What we know about the chemicals aboard the train that derailed in ...

On Feb. 3, a freight train transporting multiple hazardous industrial chemicals derailed in the town of East Palestine, Ohio.

IDEM: East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment - IN.gov

Both chemicals are used in industrial processes, primarily in manufacturing plastics and resins. Hazardous materials teams from Ohio and the U.S. EPA responded ...

Burn-off of toxics in Ohio derailment was unnecessary, NTSB says

After the cars went off the tracks, a punctured car spilled flammable butyl acrylate, which started a fire that spread more than 1,000 feet.

The Ohio toxic train wreck was '100% preventable' - CNN

A total of 38 train cars derailed in East Palestine, near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. They included “11 tank cars carrying hazardous materials ...

What do we know about the Ohio train derailment and toxic chemical ...

What chemicals were released ... The most concerning chemical being carried by the derailed train was vinyl chloride, which is used to make ...

Chemicals from Ohio train derailment 'likely' spread to Canada, data ...

Some of the train cars were carrying toxic vinyl chloride, a known carcinogen, and other hazardous chemicals. In dealing with the crash, ...

Ohio train derailment: How dangerous are the chemicals? - BBC

Vinyl chloride and butyl acrylate were the primary two chemicals released in the incident, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency told the ...

There were more toxic chemicals on train that derailed in Ohio than ...

Among the substances were ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and isobutylene. ... Additional chemicals aboard derailed train had potential to be ...

Tracking the Chemicals in the East Palestine, Ohio, Train Derailment ...

When a freight train carrying more than 100,000 gallons of hazardous chemicals derailed and burned in East Palestine, Ohio, this year, ...

What to know about the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio - NPR

Some of the chemicals — five rail cars' worth of vinyl chloride — was intentionally burned off in a "controlled explosion" last week, which ...

6 key things to know after the toxic train derailment in Ohio - CNN

Weeks after a major train derailment and controlled explosion of chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, residents have been encouraged to return home.