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Incinerated Waste from East Palestine Raises Concerns in Ohio Town

Norfolk Southern contractors removing a burned tank car from the crash site.
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Norfolk Southern contractors removing a burned tank car from the crash site.

Earlier in April, a truck carrying waste from the East Palestine train derailment spilled over 20,000 pounds of contaminated soil. The spill was contained, but it highlighted one question hovering over the cleanup in East Palestine: what happens to the waste?

The Allegheny Front’s Reid Frazier found some of it is going to an incinerator in Ohio with a history of problems.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 4/25/23)

Reid R. Frazier covers energy for The Allegheny Front. His work has taken him as far away as Texas and Louisiana to report on the petrochemical industry and as close to home as Greene County, Pennsylvania to cover the shale gas boom. His award-winning work has also aired on NPR, Marketplace and other outlets.