The study looked at precipitation and pollution data from the weeks after the Feb. 2023 derailment, when around 50 Norfolk Southern train cars veered off the tracks.
FILE - In this photo taken with a drone, portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed in East Palestine , Ohio, is still on fire one day after the derailment on Feb. 3, 2023., examined precipitation and pollution data from the weeks after the hazardous freight spill on Feb. 3, 2023. The incident saw approximately 50 Norfolk Southern Railroad train cars veer off the tracks near the small town of East Palestine .
As the vinyl chloride burned in the controlled fire, the chemical compound broke into chloride and hydrogen ions, which were then carried on the wind. Simulated airflow models created within the study note pollutant trajectories “from the accident site clearly flowing north into Canada.”A model of air trajectories from the week of the Ohio train derailment and controlled burn, which the study notes is “clearly flowing north into Canada.
Higher levels of chloride and greater pH in precipitation continued for about two weeks before returning to normal measures, likely pointing to the trainwreck as the cause of the spike, the study claims. Samples collected in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and almost every site in New York were flagged as containing soot ash and dirt.Toronto office shooting: Alleged mortgage fraud pushed husband ‘to the edge,’ wife says
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