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Hidden Report Reveals Worker Illnesses From Ohio Derailment Cleanup

The creeks around East Palestine, Ohio, were so badly contaminated by last year’s disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment that some workers became sick during the cleanup. Workers who reported headaches and nausea — while shooting compressed air into the creek bed, …

Judge Worried Freedom Industries May Renege on Spill Remediation

A bankruptcy judge is concerned that a chemical company may abandon the site of a massive January spill without cleaning it up. Judge Ronald Pearson expressed the concern in an order filed last Friday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Charleston. …

Freedom Industries Eyes West Virginia’s Site Remediation Program

Freedom Industries is considering trying to enter a state program to help ease cleanup at the site where a chemical spill polluted the Charleston area’s water supply. The company and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection met last week …