Inside the toxic train derailment in Ohio
Posted February 22, 2023 7:19 am.
In today’s Big Story podcast, exactly what happened on Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio? What do we know about the toxic gasses that were vented from a derailed train? What kind of effect could they have on nearby residents, and could their impact reach as far as Canada?
Rebecca Burns is a reporter at The Lever. She joins us to discuss the poor policy decisions that preceded the crash, and the many questions that linger in its wake.
“This is raising a lot of structural and persistent issues that rail workers have been warning about,” she said.
It’s been a decade since Canada’s Lac-Mégantic train disaster, and somehow the push for tighter regulations for trains carrying hazardous cargo weren’t enough to prevent this catastrophe. It may be years until we know everything about the environmental and health impacts, but what do we need to know right now?
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