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Tag: East Palestine

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She’d already been ‘to hell and back,’ then came the derailment

by Steve MellonNovember 11, 2025November 11, 2025

For decades, Candy Kiehl carried a heavy load of painful memories and everyday worries. Then a billion-dollar company added to that burden by crashing a freight train and setting fire to more than a million tons of toxins in her community. A black cloud of poisons loomed over thousands of homes in East Palestine, Ohio, […]

Posted inCommunity news

A young mother asks, ‘Why is it that if something goes wrong the burden falls upon our communities?’

by Steve MellonOctober 6, 2025October 9, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

Concert will benefit those whose lives were scrambled by East Palestine derailment

by Pittsburgh Union ProgressSeptember 28, 2025September 27, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

Power of the rail industry looms over stalled train safety bill that could prevent another East Palestine-level disaster

by Steve MellonJuly 24, 2025July 25, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

Pitt researchers say residents will get results of tests for vinyl chloride and liver damage, refer people for treatment if needed

by Steve MellonJuly 13, 2025July 13, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

Greed and deceit define the history of vinyl chloride, which tops the list of chemicals unleashed in East Palestine

by Steve MellonJuly 13, 2025October 13, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

Feeling abandoned, community contaminated by a toxic train decides, ‘We only have ourselves’

by Steve MellonJune 29, 2025July 4, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

Keepers of the Times Beach story and a Pitt study land in the region this week

by Steve MellonApril 24, 2025April 24, 2025
Posted inPhoto feature

One woman’s defiant remembering keeps the tragic story of Times Beach alive

by Steve MellonApril 21, 2025April 30, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

Times Beach mayor, toxicologist bring their expertise on contamination to Ohio, Pennsylvania

by Steve MellonApril 21, 2025April 21, 2025

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