A train derailment involving plastics feedstock vinyl chloride monomer has led to the evacuation of part of a small town in Ohio. A Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, on the ...

Several railcars containing plastics feedstock vinyl chloride monomer have been drained and the material burned off after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. "The controlled breach of several ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The flames and deadly black smoke that billowed high over a small town on the Ohio ...

The train was carrying industrial materials used in plastics, paint thinners and other products, according to information provided to the federal government. By Raymond Zhong Health and environmental ...

Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, say they're still living in limbo more than 2 1/2 months after a fiery Norfolk Southern train derailment blackened the skies and sent residents fleeing. They’re ...

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has initiated a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a ...