A Year After the Toxic Train Derailment, Is East Palestine Safe?

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DOJ sues Norfolk Southern, calling for fines of $120K per day of Clean Water Act violations tied to East Palestine derailment

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A dark plume of smoke rises from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that leaked toxic chemicals.
A dark plume of smoke rises from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that leaked toxic chemicals last month.

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Residents are reportedly getting sick in Ohio town where train derailed with toxic chemicals: 'It's pretty bad'

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Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 4, 2023. - The train accident sparked a massive fire and evacuation orders, officials and reports said Saturday. No injuries or fatalities were reported after the 50-car train came off the tracks late February 3 near the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border. The train was shipping cargo from Madison, Illinois, to Conway, Pennsylvania, when it derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.

Videos show Ohio politicians gingerly sipping tap water near chemical train crash, hoping to convince locals to start drinking it again

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Officials continue to conduct operation and inspect the area after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, United States on February 17, 2023. The train derailment happened on Feb. 3 in which 38 cars derailed, including 11 containing hazardous materials, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate for several days.

Photos show the eerie parallels between the Ohio train derailment and a Netflix movie which was filmed in the state the year before

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A dark plume of smoke rises from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that leaked toxic chemicals.
A dark plume of smoke rises from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that leaked toxic chemicals.

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Norfolk Southern has erased $5 billion in market value since the Ohio train derailment spilled toxic chemicals into East Palestine

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A dark plume of smoke rises from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that leaked toxic chemicals.
A dark plume of smoke rises from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that leaked toxic chemicals.

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Rural Ohio is facing comparisons to Chernobyl after a massive chemical leak caused by a train derailment. Here's what the disaster really has in common with the nuclear accident.

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A yellow train car on fire releasing smoke on the left, a large white building with a huge hole in the roof on the right
East Palestine incident (left) and Chernobyl power plant (right)

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An extra in a disaster movie about a toxic train derailment was evacuated in Ohio after the exact same thing happened in real life

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Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 4, 2023.

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The Ohio train derailment is a mess for the US. The Twitter of China is reacting with glee.

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Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 4, 2023. - The train accident sparked a massive fire and evacuation orders, officials and reports said Saturday. No injuries or fatalities were reported after the 50-car train came off the tracks late February 3 near the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border. The train was shipping cargo from Madison, Illinois, to Conway, Pennsylvania, when it derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.
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