East Palestine train disaster has nearby towns questioning their own safety The Upper Ohio River Valley has been layered in industrial pollution for centuries, and residents are fed up.

Experts called by the US National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, to testify about February’s train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, said at a hearing Thursday that tank cars containing ...

Last month’s freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio triggered traumatic memories for those in Paulsboro where residents were exposed to a cloud of vinyl chloride.

On Feb. 3, just before 9 p.m. ET, a Norfolk Southern train derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, a town of about 4,800 people near the border with Pennsylvania. Nobody was hurt in the accident ...

East Palestine Train Derailment Explained. Posted: May 20, 2025 | Last updated: May 20, 2025. On the evening of Friday, February 3, 2023, 38 of 149 cars of a Norfolk Southern Railway freight train ...

On Friday, Feb. 3, about 50 cars from a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Some of those cars were carrying hazardous material, including vinyl chloride. The toxic chemical was released from ...

CBS News spoke with residents of East Palestine, Ohio, who say they are suffering from dizziness, skin lesions and other ailments a year after a train carrying vinyl chloride derailed in the area.

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Two years after a Norfolk Southern train derailment spewed a toxic cloud that drove thousands from their homes, freight trains with the same chemicals central to that ...

The initiative will examine potential long-term effects of exposure to vinyl chloride and other chemicals released during the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment.

“I saw that cloud up above East Palestine, and I was immediately concerned about dioxins,” said Dr. Ted Schettler, a retired physician who is the science director for the Science and ...

Experts called by the US National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, to testify about February’s train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, said at a hearing Thursday that tank cars containing ...