Senators Call For Health Monitoring of Residents Exposed to Ohio Toxic Train Crash

Ohio’s U.S. Senators J.D. Vance and Sherrod Brown teamed up to write a letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to immediately start health screenings for residents in the aftermath of the East Palestine toxic train derailment.
After the Feb. 3 crash and subsequent fire, more than 4,700 residents were ordered to evacuate because 11 of the burning cars were carrying hazardous materials including vinyl chloride.
Authorities—fearing a major explosion—decided to release and burn vinyl chloride from five cars on Feb. 6, sending flames and thick black smoke billowing into the sky once more….}