East Palestine train derailment

The Ohio Department of Agriculture and Ohio State University created a plant tissue sampling plan to check whether the February train derailment in East Palestine is impacting the region's agriculture.

Half of the 5,000 residents of East Palestine were evacuated as emergency personnel burned off some of the chemicals to avert an uncontrolled explosion.

Residents in East Palestine are not only grappling with the potential physical impacts of the controlled chemical burn; they’re also struggling with anxiety in the wake of the traumatic event.

About half of East Palestine’s nearly 5,000 residents evacuated when, days after the Feb. 3 derailment, officials decided to burn toxic vinyl chloride from five tanker cars to prevent a catastrophic explosion.

An Ohio Senate panel on rail safety questioned Alan Shaw over a wide range of topics related to the derailment and subsequent controlled chemical release that rocked the small village on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, including long-term support systems for the community, two-person crew mandates and tanker car safety standards.

Norfolk Southern's CEO is set to testify before an Ohio Senate rail safety panel Tuesday, more than two months after a fiery train derailment including hazardous materials rocked the village of East Palestine.

The Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine has raised questions about the safety of freight rail companies. Two bills in Congress aim to fix that and would regulate wayside defect detectors.

The controversy illuminates an uncomfortable truth: Hazardous wastes are seemingly everywhere, from sprawling factories to household garages. They're byproducts of industrial processes and goods consumers value.

Those behind Clean Ohio Water Fund allegedly pocketed $131,000 that was supposed to help East Palestine residents.

The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled hazardous chemicals into nearby creeks and rivers.