The company also reported that the train's two-person crew was unharmed. Ohio senator Sherrod Brown referred to the two derailments as unacceptable. No cause for the crash has been determined.
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The derailment happened Saturday near Route 41 in Springfield, Ohio. Twenty cars of a 212-car Norfolk Southern train derailed, prompting residents within 1,000 feet of the derailment to shelter in place out of an abundance of caution.
High levels of a hazardous chemical polluted the air weeks after the Ohio train derailment, an analysis shows. Concentrations of a chemical irritant called acrolein near the derailment site in late February were up to six times higher than normal, the study found.
On Friday, February 3, 2023, at approximately 9:30 p.m., a Norfolk Southern train had 53 cars derail in East Palestine, Ohio. The site of the derailment is less than one mile from the Pennsylvania border.
Indiana residents along the Ohio River worry toxic chemicals from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, could pollute their drinking water. But water quality experts say the amount in the river has been low and is getting lower as it flows down the Ohio.
The investigators' symptoms included sore throats, headaches, coughing and nausea – consistent with what some residents experienced after the February 3 train derailment that released a cocktail of hazardous chemicals into the air, water and soil.
Contrary to widely shared social media posts, experts and authorities say the Ohio train derailment does not pose a threat to human health in Ontario or Quebec.