Ohio Train Derailment Reveals Danger of Plastics Boom and Corporate Cost-Cutting

Industry lobbyists have successfully blocked strict safety regulations on trains carrying toxic vinyl chloride.

Last week a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, sending 50 cars carrying toxic chemicals careening off their tracks. The resulting fire burned for days, forcing hundreds of evacuations and blanketing the small village on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border in smoke. Runoff from the site contaminated two streams nearby. Over the next week, as officials worked to avoid a deadly explosion that could...

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