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 ...

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 ...

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 ...