Weeks after a train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border left hazardous chemicals burning from railcars, fears of the potential impacts are being felt in places far from the accident
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan said on Tuesday that the agency will order Norfolk Southern to pay for the necessary cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio, after one of its trains carrying hazardous materials derailed. Photo: Matt Freed/Associated Pressleft hazardous chemicals burning from railcars, fears of the potential impacts are being felt in places far from the accident.
Grocery chain Giant Eagle, with hundreds of stores in five states including Ohio and Pennsylvania, pulled bottled water off shelves out of an “abundance of caution” because it was bottled 25 miles from the derailment.
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