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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources stated the chemical spill killed an estimated 3,500 small fish across 7.5 mi (12 km) of streams as of February 8. [63] A later estimate put the number of minnows at 38,222, with other species of animals at 5,500, totaling 43,222. [64]
A small town in eastern Ohio has been rocked by a train derailment that spilled a number of hazardous chemicals into the air and ground, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate and sparking ...
Carrying a chemical used to make rat poison, fireworks and luminescent coatings, one tank car caught fire. This resulted in emission of an estimated 1,000 foot (300 m) high cloud of phosphorus. A subsequent incident caused the largest train accident-triggered evacuation at the time in the United States.
CINCINNATI — A dangerous chemical leak from a railcar threw residents of a small Ohio community into disarray on Tuesday as officials issued shelter-in-place and evacuation orders.. Styrene, a ...
The controversial company behind Ohio’s toxic train disaster. All we know about affected areas and a cancer-causing chemical. 12:00, Bevan Hurley. A dark pillar of smoke rose above East ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Ohio designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio criticized federal rail policy on hazardous materials after the Feb. 3 derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. Ohio governor calls on D.C. to address 'absurd' train ...
Odyssey tanker shipwreck and oil spill, off the coast of Nova Scotia, November 1988; Exxon Valdez oil spill in the Prince William Sound, Alaska, March 1989; Gulf War oil spill into the Persian Gulf, January 1991; MT Haven explosion and oil spill of the coast of Italy, April 1991; ABT Summer explosion and oil spill off the coast of Angola, May 1991