Volume 401, Issue 10383
8 April 2023
WORLD REPORT New bipartisan legislation has been proposed to protect health and safety following a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, USA. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.
A flammable brew of toxic chemicals from a freight train that went off the tracks in the Ohio village of East Palestine is no longer burning but the impact of the wreck is far from over. A massive clean-up continues along with water, soil, and air monitoring. Several government agencies are involved in recovery efforts and are investigating what went wrong. And in a rare show of bipartisanship, Democrats and Republicans in Congress have proposed legislation aimed at closing the gaps in rail safety rules that the accident exposed. The accident’s aftermath has also reached the courts. [Continued here.]