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A Decade After Paulsboro, N.J. Train Derailment, Questions Linger Over Rail Safety and Public Health

Trisha Dello Iacono at her home in Mullica Hill, N.J.
Kimberly Paynter
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WHYY
Trisha Dello Iacono at her home in Mullica Hill, N.J.

Residents in East Palestine, Ohio, worry about the health impacts of vinyl chloride exposure – after February’s train derailment. Seven CDC workers investigating the incident also reported symptoms.

About 10 years ago, Paulsboro, New Jersey faced a similar accident when 24,000 gallons of the carcinogenic gas leaked from a derailed train in November of 2012.

WHYY’s Zoe Read reports some residents are still feeling the impacts of the accident a decade later.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 5/16/23)

Zoë Read is WHYY’s watershed reporter. She joined WHYY in 2015 as a multimedia reporter covering Delaware news for the web and FM.