The EPA has ordered Norfolk Southern to manage the cleanup of a toxic chemical spill resulting from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and threatened to triple the cost of the cleanup if the company fails to comply.
East Palestine, Ohio, is introducing a medical digital ID that first responders can use to access a patient's allergy information, medical conditions, and emergency contacts.
Oakwood Village is just over an hour by car from East Palestine, the site where the toxic chemical vinyl chloride was burned and released into the environment after a train carrying it derailed.
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will send toxicologists to a struggling Ohio town in the wake of a major train derailment and the release of hazardous materials from its railcars.