Funding announced for long-term health studies into East Palestine train derailment

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SUMMER BREAK. A NEW REPORT SAYS A SPECIALLY EQUIPPED PLANE COULD HAVE HELPED AUTHORITIES IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE TOXIC TRAIN DERAILMENT IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO. THE EPA REPORT SAYS OFFICIALS ON THE GROUND DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND THE SENSITIVITY OF THE PLANE’S TEMPERATURE GAUGES. THE PLANE DEPLOYS FOR CHEMICAL DISASTERS, THE REPORT SAYS. THE PLANE COULD HAVE HELPED AUTHORITIES AVOID NEEDLESSLY BLOWING OPEN FIV

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Updated: 9:16 PM EDT Jun 19, 2025

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Vice President JD Vance and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are pushing for a new health study into the East Palestine, Ohio, toxic train derailment.On Thursday, the National Institutes of Health said it will fund a five-year, $10 million effort to monitor any long-term health impacts from the derailment.It happened on Feb. 3, 2023, when a Norfolk Southern train with about 50 cars, including 10 carrying hazardous materials, derailed in a fiery crash.The derailment left toxic smoke filling the town in northeast Ohio, with part of the town being evacuated.Emergency responders vented and burned vinyl chloride from five rail cars to keep them from exploding.In April, Norfolk Southern, along with the companies that owned the railcars and made the chemicals inside, agreed to pay a $600 million class-action settlement.Vance, a Middletown native, was an Ohio senator when the train cars carrying hazardous materials derailed.

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio —

Vice President JD Vance and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are pushing for a new health study into the East Palestine, Ohio, toxic train derailment.

On Thursday, the National Institutes of Health said it will fund a five-year, $10 million effort to monitor any long-term health impacts from the derailment.

It happened on Feb. 3, 2023, when a Norfolk Southern train with about 50 cars, including 10 carrying hazardous materials, derailed in a fiery crash.

The derailment left toxic smoke filling the town in northeast Ohio, with part of the town being evacuated.

Emergency responders vented and burned vinyl chloride from five rail cars to keep them from exploding.

In April, Norfolk Southern, along with the companies that owned the railcars and made the chemicals inside, agreed to pay a $600 million class-action settlement.

Vance, a Middletown native, was an Ohio senator when the train cars carrying hazardous materials derailed.

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