Ohio train derailment

The social media platform helped push the story into the mainstream while also fueling misinformation and conspiracy theories.

[animals dying](https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/east-palestine-train-derailment/health-concerns-mounting-as-animals-become-sick-after-train-derailment/) have unnerved people. Chinese media began covering the derailment, and the topic [trended](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-64633990) on China’s Weibo social app as extended coverage of China’s spy balloon saturated news coverage in the US. Meanwhile, local news outlets have been [financially decimated](https://www.cjr.org/local_news/local_reporters_decline_coverage_density.php), creating coverage gaps. [Ten percent of all adults](https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/10/21/more-americans-are-getting-news-on-tiktok-bucking-the-trend-on-other-social-media-sites/) say they get news from the app regularly. But the popularity has also led to alarmist posts and conspiracies. “This has always been happening: TikTok creators commenting on local news stories. After the wreck, there was a dearth of easily digestible, detailed information. All of that propels a story on apps like TikTok. “The nature of TikTok is so unique, that me—essentially, on paper, just a guy in my home office reading what’s going on—I was able to reach millions of people.” “If I didn’t come out and say something, I think that this could have just been swept under,” says Drombosky, who has a personal connection to someone affected by the disaster in East Palestine who alerted him to the derailment. Officials evacuated the region and began what they called a controlled release of chemicals from the train cars. They showed how a fire followed the wreck, with ominous dark smoke clouds billowing over the town of East Palestine.

The cleanup process after the derailment and explosion of a train carrying hazardous chemicals in Ohio is sparking frustration among locals and ...

… [They’re] worried for their animals, they’re worried for the future outcome, and nobody can seem to tell them anything.” EPA Administrator Michael Regan, meanwhile, defended both the state and the agency’s handling of the situation to CNN on Wednesday morning. DeWine’s office did not respond to a request for comment from The Hill on whether he would consider imposing a state of emergency. “[They] clearly state in [their] first paragraph that it’s a known toxic substance that continues to be in the air, water and soil, but yet on the other hand, you tell everyone it’s safe to go back. However, Regan echoed DeWine’s recommendation that residents drink bottled water in the meantime. In that case, evacuation orders remained in place for longer than in East Palestine despite a smaller quantity of the chemical being spilled. that’s why all the focus is on the air,” Wright said. “It’s been very poor; I think that’s the nicest way to put it,” Brown told The Hill. 9, for instance, but the agency indicated in a letter to Norfolk Southern this week that hazardous chemicals remain present — and that more may be released. The Hill has reached out to the EPA for comment. 3, a freight train owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway and carrying several cars of hazardous materials derailed in the town of East Palestine on the border with Pennsylvania. Mike DeWine (R) ordered the town evacuated, and the following day, an emergency crew conducted a controlled burn to prevent a possible explosion.

On Feb. 3, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed around 9 p.m. in East Palestine, Ohio, a village of about 4,700 people near the Pennsylvania border, about ...

The plume is diluting as it travels and it is not expected to taint the water supplies of communities along the Ohio River, Tiffani Kavalec, head of surface water at the Ohio EPA, said during a Feb. A town hall meeting for the East Palestine community is scheduled for the night of Feb. The department has received no official reports of animal illnesses or deaths related to the derailment or controlled chemical burn. Officials said they have not received reports of such widespread impacts on wildlife and have said the environmental impact is continually being assessed. There have been no reports of injuries or deaths from the derailment as of Feb. 9, 2023, shows the continuing cleanup of portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. "This is not a once-and-done monitoring but should be done long-term to establish the contaminants transport in the soil, aquifers, and waterways." In the homes screened so far, the agency said, "no detections of vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride were identified." subsidiary and the train’s operating company, carried out a controlled burn of the vinyl chloride, a carcinogen, on Feb. To Masur, it violated the "do no harm" principle of medical ethics. A few thousand fish have died from contaminated water, but food supplies and livestock remain at low risk, the Ohio Department of Agriculture said. in East Palestine, Ohio, a village of about 4,700 people near the Pennsylvania border, about an hour northwest of Pittsburgh.

The derailment of the train, which carried hazardous materials, raised concerns about water contamination from spilled materials.

The big picture: Hundreds of residents were ordered to evacuate their homes beginning on Feb. [What we know about the Ohio train derailment](https://www.axios.com/2023/02/13/what-we-know-about-ohio-train-derailment) [derailed in the area](https://www.axios.com/2023/02/13/what-we-know-about-ohio-train-derailment).

The release of vinyl chloride and other chemicals into the air and ground surrounding East Palestine, Ohio raises serious environmental concerns and has ...

While officials at the department’s Federal Railroad Administration have said that data are inconclusive when it comes to the effects of PSR on rail safety, derailments have reportedly increased in recent years, as has the rate of total accidents or safety-related incidents per track mile. - The Department of Transportation has offered criticism of precision-scheduled railroading in recent years. The trade-off for Class I rail companies, of course, has been reduced labor costs, having shed nearly one-third of their workforce.” Department of Transportation regarding its oversight of the United States’ freight train system and, more generally, how it balances building a safe, resilient rail industry across our country in relation to building a hyper-efficient one with minimal direct human input. By that token, it is not unreasonable to ask whether a crew of two rail workers, plus one trainee, is able to effectively monitor 150 cars. The freight train had a three-member crew overseeing the entirety of its 150 cars: a locomotive engineer, a conductor, and a conductor trainee. As you are aware, on the evening of February 3, 2023, a large Norfolk Southern freight train derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, leading to the proliferation of vinyl chloride, a classified human carcinogen, and other chemicals into the surrounding air and water. - “In particular, we request information from the U.S. We have voiced concerns with PSR, as well as with this administration’s prioritizing of efficiency over resilience in its national infrastructure and transportation systems. The massive Norfolk Southern train involved in the accident reportedly consisted of three locomotives, nine empties, and 141 loaded cars, 20 of which were carrying hazardous materials. In particular, we request information from the U.S. Vance (R-OH) sent a letter to DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg questioning the Department’s efforts to balance safety and hyper-efficiency.

Senators on both sides of the aisle say there needs to be a congressional investigation into the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

freight train system and “how it balances building a safe, resilient rail industry across our country in relation to building a hyper-efficient one with minimal direct human input.” “No American family should be forced to face the horror of fleeing their homes because hazardous materials have spilled or caught fire in their community.” Staffers from the Environment and Public Works Committee are “receiving regular updates from the EPA on the environmental impacts of this accident,” a committee aide said. [wrote](https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/3861845c-081e-4409-bd4b-eb31c8c88ca6/82235D898F1306CAFB5E68ADE0EFF0E4.02.15.23-rubio-vance-letter-to-buttigieg-re-ohio-derailment.pdf) to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg with questions about the department's oversight of the U.S. [letter](https://www.brown.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_epa_about_ns_derailment_final.pdf) to EPA Administrator Michael Regan expressing their concerns about the release of hazardous materials after the derailment. Sen. The EPA later said Regan is scheduled to travel to East Palestine on Thursday to assess the response and meet with leaders at all levels of government. [letter](https://www.brown.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_ntsb_about_ns_derailment.pdf) Wednesday to the chair of the NTSB highlighting rail safety concerns as the agency conducts its own investigation. “Hundreds of families were forced to flee their homes, and they are now rightfully concerned about long-term health risks due to the Norfolk Southern train derailment,” the senators wrote. “I mean, it’s the responsibility of the governor, the responsibility of the feds with [the National Transportation Safety Board], the responsibility especially of Norfolk Southern to do what they said they would do,” he added. “They have a skepticism about a big company like that that hasn’t shown interest in them in the past,” Brown said of residents. [train derailment](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/evacuation-ordered-ohio-town-train-derailment-fire-rcna69137) in East Palestine, Ohio, that resulted in a fire and a toxic chemical spill affecting [residents and wildlife](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/residents-ohio-train-derailment-report-dead-fish-chickens-rcna70378) for miles.