What Ohio train has toxic chemicals?

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. Soon after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio, a team of researchers began roving the small town in a Nissan van.



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When the train derailed two weeks ago, it sent things like butyl acrylate into the Ohio River. The chemical has a fruity smell and inhaling it can cause headaches, dizziness, nausea and vomiting.

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Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said at a press conference Thursday that 500,000 gallons (1.8 million liters) of the wastewater had been delivered to Deer Park, Texas.

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The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck is the deadliest recorded train disaster in history, claiming the lives of at least 1,700 people.

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While fatalities from train derailments are rare, derailments themselves are actually quite common. From 1990, the first year the BTS began tracking derailments and injuries on a yearly basis, to 2022, there have been 55,741 accidents in which a train derailed. That's an average of 1,689 derailments per year.

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Little Beaver Creek and its north fork in eastern Ohio were heavily impacted by the train derailment, Hendricks said. Sulphur Run and Leslie Run in East Palestine flow into Little Beaver Creek, which eventually flows into the Ohio River at the tiny borough of Glasgow in Beaver County.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The results show no detection of contaminants associated with the derailment. Following the test results, the Ohio EPA said they are confident that the municipal water is safe to drink.

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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.

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