Toxic train derailment in East Palestine, OH highlights issues facing America's railways

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Nearly 5,000 area residents were told to evacuate or face imminent health hazards.

indicating Norfolk Southern’s persistent lobbying against safety reforms, alongside resistance to updating its trains’ brakes.

Because of the cascading failures, emergency responders faced a potentially deadly situation. Toxic chemicals including vinyl chloride gas—used in making a variety of commonplace plastic products such as PVC piping and credit cards—filled 10 of the derailed freight cars and could have exploded,

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