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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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
Questions on animal health
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East Palestine residents and residents of other areas impacted by petrochemical pollution installed a monument to mark the one year anniversary of the train derailment. -
In the wake of the train derailment, some East Palestine residents founded the Unity Council for the East Palestine Train Derailment to advocate for themselves. -
One year after a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, some residents are still trying to piece their lives back together while others just want to move on. -
Environmental health advocates from Toxic-Free Future said there is too great a risk to public health to continue to transport over a billion pounds of vinyl chloride per year through Northern Ohio. -
A year after the Norfolk Southern train derailment, President Biden will visit the East Palestine to meet with residents and address concerns. -
A cohort of Case Western Reserve University researchers is leading a study to understand possible links between disease and air quality following the Norfolk Southern train derailment in February 2023. -
It's been one year since a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine. Since then, Norfolk Southern has been cleaning and remediating the effected areas, but some residents still think the town is unsafe to live in. -
CEO Alan Shaw told a small gaggle of local media reporters in East Palestine that the company is safer than it has ever been, that it’s fulfilled all of the commitments it has made so far and that it’s continuing to work to bring the village of East Palestine back to life. -
While national legislation slowly works its way through Congress, railroads, experts, politicians and unions disagree on what’s necessary to make things safer. -
The Norfolk Southern train derailment exposed a lack of training for budget-strapped volunteer fire departments. Some want railroads to do more to help.
