Julie Grant | Allegheny Front
Senior ReporterJulie Grant is senior reporter with The Allegheny Front, covering food and agriculture, pollution, and energy development in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Throughout her career, she has traveled as far as Egypt and India for stories, trawled for mussels in the Allegheny River, and got sick in a small aircraft while viewing a gas well pad explosion in rural Ohio. Julie graduated from Miami University of Ohio and studied land ethics at Kent State University. She can be reached at julie@alleghenyfront.org.
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Most people surveyed in the aftermath of the train derailment and chemical fire in East Palestine reported health symptoms related to the February incident. Federal and state health officials released survey results at a public meeting Tuesday evening.
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Two environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Shell for repeated violations of its air permit at its ethane cracker in Beaver County, along the Ohio River.
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The US EPA has released results of its soil sampling in the East Palestine, Ohio area, and tells residents that preliminary findings look good, showing little soil contamination from the Feb. 3 train derailment that released multiple carloads of toxic chemicals into the community. Still, some people are worried, as their own tests are finding chemicals in their bodies.
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The creeks that run through East Palestine, Ohio, are still contaminated with chemicals from the February 3 train derailment. Some residents and researchers are questioning the testing and cleanup of the waterways.
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An environmental group is suing to stop the U.S. Forest Service from moving forward with a project that would clear-cut 1600 acres in the Wayne National Forest, about two hours southwest of Pittsburgh.
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Some residents in East Liverpool, Ohio, are concerned that waste from the train derailment is being sent to their community, which sits along the Ohio River near the Pennsylvania border. Heritage Thermal is accepting contaminated waste at its hazardous waste incinerator there.
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Experts say the soil and surfaces in East Palestine should be tested for dioxins, a group of toxic chemicals that can have long-term effects on the health of the area’s animals and people.
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It's been just over a week since a train carrying hazardous material derailed and caused a fiery crash in Ohio. Some residents worried about health risks have filed a federal lawsuit.
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The Environmental Protection Agency sent a letter to the railroad company, Norfolk Southern, Friday, documenting contaminants that could have been released into the environment, including three that had not previously been reported. The agency also notified the company that it is potentially liable for the cleanup costs under the federal Superfund program.
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Evacuated residents of East Palestine, Ohio and Beaver County, Pennsylvania are allowed to return home, five days after a massive train derailment near the Pennsylvania border. The derailment caused huge chemical fires and toxic fumes.