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Concerns about dioxins have been mounting since the company intentionally burned several rail cars’ worth of vinyl chloride.
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The news follows the Environmental Protection Agency order to pause shipments from the site of the Feb. 3 derailment in East Palestine to allow additional oversight about where waste was shipped.
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The agency heard concerns from residents and officials in Texas and Michigan, where some of the contaminated waste had already been shipped.
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Whether or not an Obama administration rule could have prevented the derailment, the Norfolk Southern train was not designated "high-hazard."
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Buttigieg called on critics of the Biden administration to step up and help. He also admitted he should not have waited 10 days to comment on the chemical spill.
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In October, months before the East Palestine derailment, the company also directed a train to keep moving with an overheated wheel that caused it to derail miles later in Sandusky, Ohio.
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Some Pennsylvanians in Beaver County near the site of the train derailment said they don’t have major concerns. But others are worried about what the accident will mean for the land they grow crops on, the animals they hunt, the fish they eat and the long-term health of their families.
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Some experts say electronic breaks could make trains carrying hazardous material safer, but others question the impact of the price tag.
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As air and water tests continue in East Palestine, EPA administrator asks residents to trust scienceResidents can call a local hotline to request a test of the air in their home or the water in their private wells.
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Residents are worried about environmental and health impacts after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed earlier this month and officials evacuated the area to conduct a controlled burn.