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One year later Environmental concerns remain after East Palestine derailment By Liz Partsch
Farm and Dairy Staff Reporter
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Derailment Site
TOP: Krissy Ferguson sits on the railing of her front porch in East Palestine, Ohio on Dec. 20, 2023.
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BOTTOM: A map of the East Palestine derailment site in correlation with the creeks and Krissy Ferguson’s house.
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — A woman with bright pink hair stands next to a long front porch. She doesn’t smile, only introduces herself as Krissy Ferguson and walks to the front door. Before entering, she says, “I must warn you, the smell may be alarming.” She’s right. The house has a metallic odor, but what’s even more striking is how full the house is knowing no one lives there. There is food still sitting on the tables. The kitchen is stocked with cooking utensils. And family photos containing three generations’ worth of memories still hang on the walls, now coated in dust. She doesn’t want to take the photos or take anything for that matter. She’s afraid her old belongings may be contaminated by the dust. Ferguson lives a little less than a mile from the site of the Norfolk Southern train derailment that happened a year ago, on Feb. 3, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio, just a few hundred feet away from the border of Pennsylvania. Some of the 50 derailed cars, 11 of which contained hazardous materials, caught fire. The flames could be seen from miles away, and the wreckage smoldered for days afterward. Some of the train cars ruptured, spilling their harmful contents into a drainage ditch that leads into Sulphur Run, a small stream that runs through the heart of East Palestine. Three days later, five cars containing toxic vinyl chloride were purposefully vented and the chemical was burned off to avoid a more dangerous uncontrolled explosion as temperatures within the tanker cars became volatile. The subsequent dark cloud of smoke and chemicals was again seen for miles around. (Continued on Page A8)
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