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A toxic train derailment in Ohio has forced an uncomfortable conversation in the US. The pollution and response to the accident was bad enough for local residents, but black and lower-income communities face the effects of America’s dirty plastic industry on a daily basis.
"Vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical released in the February train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, contaminates many communities in the U.S. due to pollution from plastics manufacturing plants, according to a new report."
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Five cars carrying almost 900,000 pounds of vinyl chloride derailed and burned in Ohio before reaching Salem County, NJ.
Christopher Deng ’22, Lauren Horstmyer ’22, Brianna Jepsen ’20, and Leon Nichols ’23 are Colgate University’s 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recipients.