America’s Worst Toxic Train Disasters

People living in and near East Palestine , Ohio have been suffering with more than two week of doubt after a train derailed there , releasing toxic chemical substance let in vinyl chloride . This workweek , official opened a clinic for concerned resident , many of whom have complained of health symptoms in the aftermath of the spill . The disaster has wake anational interest in disaster management and response , including in railroad safety in transporting hazardous materials .

Train derailment are surprisingly common — more than 1,000 trains derailed just last year — and some of them have resulted in serious ecologic and public wellness disasters . Here ’s a look back at some of the most serious environmental accidents due to train derailment in recent U.S. history .

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Wreckage from the Graniteville, South Carolina crash on Jan 6, 2005.