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On the ground in East Palestine, Ohio—photos and accounts documenting the human cost of system inaction
East Palestine, Ohio – On February 3rd, a Norfolk Southern Railway train hauling toxic chemicals, including 1.1 million pounds of the known carcinogen, vinyl chloride, suffered a catastrophic derailment in the middle of predominately White, East Palestine, Ohio. To mitigate losses, the billion-dollar company, whose investors include Blackrock and the Vanguard Group, drilled holes into…