Three Years After East Palestine, Research Must Be a Commitment, Not a Moment

Three years after East Palestine, research must be a commitment, not a moment

Three years after the East Palestine train derailment, a federally funded research program has been launched to study the long-term health impacts of the disaster and to provide evidence-based medical guidance to the affected community.

America’s toxic future looks like East Palestine, OH, today

It’s been three years since a Norfolk Southern “bomb train” carrying toxic chemicals derailed in the small town of East Palestine, OH, on the night of Feb. 3, 2023. Three days later, Norfolk Southern pressured local authorities to make the disastrous and completely unnecessary decision to empty five giant carloads of vinyl chloride into a ditch and set the contents on fire. The “controlled burn” of vinyl chloride released a massive black chemica…

Three Years After Train Derailment, Health Studies in East Palestine Examine Impacts

Researchers are examining residents’ long-term liver health and how chemicals affect dogs. Others are sharing lessons learned with disaster zones elsewhere.By Julie Grant, The Allegheny FrontThis story was originally published by The Allegheny Front, a public radio program covering environmental issues in Western Pennsylvania. Listen to the radio version of the piece below.

East Palestine is trying to reclaim its future 3 years after train derailment

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Lenny Glavan’s tattoo shop sits across the street from railroad tracks that bring barreling trains through his...