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Public health experts say there should have been immediate testing of people for chemicals in their bodies, along with the creation of a large-scale community health registry. Without these, residents won’t know the long-term impacts on their health.
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Some in East Palestine say more needs to be done to address health risks. Other residents believe the derailment’s worst impacts were limited and have long since passed.
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The White House says President Joe Biden will visit the eastern Ohio community devastated by a fiery train derailment in February 2023.
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While Norfolk Southern is an obvious target for the ire of many in East Palestine, the EPA has also been criticized for its handling of the cleanup, as residents and workers have gotten sick in the months since.
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While some residents in town are focused on the long-term health impacts, many East Palestine proprietors say they've struggled to keep their businesses afloat.
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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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The Biden administration has initiated a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment earlier this year.
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Norfolk Southern to end relocation aid right after one-year anniversary of its fiery Ohio derailmentRailroad officials announced the change this week as they reiterated their long-term commitment to helping the town of East Palestine, Ohio, and the surrounding area recover.
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The U.S. EPA announced Thursday that major work to clean up the site of chemically tainted soil and water in East Palestine, Ohio, is almost complete, nearly nine months after a Norfolk Southern train derailed there.
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It’s been eight months since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine. Ever since the derailment, and the burn off of vinyl chloride in five tanker cars, some residents have chosen to live in hotels, miles away, and they’re not ready to go back home.