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Other Incidents (That may not be listed below)
Other Incidents (That may not be listed below)
A Train Derails in Paulsboro, N.J., Releasing 23,000 Gallons of Toxic Vinyl Chloride Gas (December 17th, 2012)
Yamhill woman survives Amtrak derailment in Montana but faces difficult recovery (September 29th, 2021)
More Than 40 Freight Train Cars Derail in the Southern California Desert (March 4th, 2021)
Factory completely destroyed after massive fire in Chicago Heights (February 6th, 2023)
Houston-area crash between truck, Union Pacific train kills driver, derails 20-plus rail cars (February 13th, 2023) AND Texas Train Derailment Occurs Just Days After Ohio Disaster (February 14th, 2023)
South Carolina Train Derailment (February 13th, 2023)
I-10 closed in south Tucson after a nitric acid spill (February 14th update, 2023)
The 1991 Environmental Disaster that Most people never heard of (February 15th, 2023)
'It's Not an Accident, It's a Crime': Thousands March for Justice After Greek Train Disaster (March 8th, 2023)
Thousands forced to leave homes after Indiana recycling plant fire (April 12th, 2023)
BREAKING: One-mile radius shelter-in-place order issued after HUGE chemical plant fire in Brunswick, Georgia (April 16th, 2023)
Without flooding another page/section on the Proletariat, I decided to make a separate webpage dedicated solely to the Chemical Spills and Disasters happening all over the US, with the most notable being Ohio in what many are aptly calling Ohio's Chernobyl. These disaster can be contributed to many things, such as:
A failing Infrastructure, poor or an complete lack of oversight, gutted safety protocols, and overworked employees. All of these things have one thing in common, the failings of capitalism. Because under capitalism, the one and only goal is profit at the expense of everyone and everything. This greed and corruption led to the problems listed above and made them substantially worse through the United States not using its time, money, and resources to invest in itself, its people, and the betterment of the planet in general. What's particularly disgusting are the people who are either dismissing these disaster(s) and/or blaming the citizens for voting for their opposing political party. This is not only sociopathic but incredibly idiotic as well, because these chemical spills are and will affect everyone in the country in some way, shape, or form; including but not limited to:
Polluted drinking water, making it dangerous if not deadly to use the water that the rivers from the Ohio Basin connect to, even after the water has been treated by water filtration plants because our infrastructure is so shitty that even our water filtration plants will not be enough to filter oit and clean all the contaminants.
Polluted / contaminated agriculture Water. Causing the prices for produce and even livestock to go up even more.
The fallout of the chemicals in the air, which can spread for hundreds of miles and pollute other communities and ecosystems.
The potential rise in diseases and afflictions to those in the affected regions, such as cancer and many more I am sure.
Who's to blame (besides our various government officials, of course)
In 1980, a Democratic majority House and Senate voted for the Staggers Rail Act, a bill that deregulated the rail industry, and a Democratic President signed it into law. Then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) was also in the yeas column in the Senate vote.
ARTICLES
North Lima woman finds chickens dead Tuesday, questions chemical release from train (February 7th, 2023)
Rail Companies Blocked Safety Rules Before Ohio Derailment (February 8th, 2023)
Toxic Ash Is Raining Down in Illinois. It’s Time for the EPA to Step Up. (February 11th, 2023)
East Palestine task force seeks ‘at-risk’ drinking wells (February 11th, 2023)
‘Like the Doors of Hell Were Open’: East Palestine Train Disaster Casts Toxic Cloud Over Future of OH/PA Region (February 13th, 2023)
Ohio agency estimates 3,500 fish killed days after East Palestine chemical release (February 13th, 2023)
There were more toxic chemicals on train that derailed in Ohio than originally reported, data shows (February 13th, 2023)
The toxic rail disaster in Ohio: the homicidal indifference of the ruling class laid bare (February 14th, 2023)
Train chemical spillage in East Palestine, Ohio, could leave 30 million US citizens without drinking water (February 14th, 2023)
More questions than answers for residents poisoned by Ohio train derailment (February 14th, 2023)
Ohio cleaning up toxic train derailment as pollution 'plume' moves downstream (February 15th, 2023)
Capitalism's Solution to the Toxic Ohio Train Derailment (February 15th, 2023)
Worried About Toxins in East Palestine Water? Here's Everything We Know That Can Help. (February 15th, 2023)
Video: Ohio Train Crash - What They're NOT Telling You (February 16th, 2023)
The Case for Nationalizing the Railroads (February 16th, 2023)
Biden Administration sides with Railway Company, refuses aid to Ohio Residents and neighboring states. (February 16th, 2023)
Payouts 4,500%, Slashed Workforce 33% Prior to Ohio Disaster (February 16th 2023)
The East Palestine rail disaster and the case for workers’ power (February 17th, 2023)
Threatening Legal Action, Groups Call On Buttigieg to Ensure Ohio Toxic Train Crash Is Last of Its Kind (February 17th, 2023)
Posted/Shared by Railroad Workers United on February 17th, 2023
🧵 The Ohio Disaster, what we know so far (February 18th, 2023)
Investigation Shows Rail Giant Donated to Ohio Governor a Month Before Toxic Crash (February 20th, 20230
CLIP: Ro Khanna PROTECTS Biden & Pete's ABANDONMENT Of East Palestine (February 24th, 2023)
SMART-TD is calling for national support of The Railway Safety Act of 2023, a bipartisan bill that acknowledges the real-world conditions that shape the day-to-day safety concerns of the railroad workers who haul America’s freight. (Website)
(Posted/Shared on March 3rd, 2023)
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) comes out in support of the Rail Safety Act of 2023 but criticize language surrounding two person crews due to loopholes in the language on the requirement. The Railroad Workers United account added: With loopholes big enough to operate a 7,000’ train through, this legislation essentially codifies a path to single person crews on many if not a majority of trains.
Norfolk Southern Conductor Killed in Crash as Train Safety Bill Faces Pushback (March 8th, 2023)
Two deaths and three derailments trigger rare US railroad probe (March 8th, 2023)
West Virginia train derailment leaks diesel and oil into one of North America's oldest and federally protected rivers (March 9th, 2023, but this was reported much earlier on other outlets)
Norfolk Southern train derails in Alabama on morning of CEO’s congressional testimony (March 9th, 2023)
(March 11th, 2023) - JP forgot to mention a few things but otherwise is a good video
Railroaded by Biden (March 13th, 2023)
Ohio sues Norfolk Southern over East Palestine toxic train derailment (March 14th, 2023)
Freight train derailed in Arizona was carrying corn syrup, not toxic chemicals, residents are skeptical and suspicious of BSNF Railway's claims (March 16th, 2023)
Amtrak train derails after hitting tree in California; no injuries to passengers: fire officials (March 21st, 2023)
70-car train derails in North Dakota, spills hazardous materials (March 27th, 2023)
Two massive train derailments in the US in the span of 12 hours (March 27th, 2023)
Tankers carrying ethanol start on fire after BNSF train derails in Raymond, Minnesota | Resident Evacuations lifted shortly after (March 30th, 2023)
BREAKING: Freight train derails near Quinn’s Hot Springs in Paradise, Northwest Montana (April 2nd, 2023)
7 of 15 CDC workers assessing East Palestine chemical exposure got sick (April 2nd, 2023)
Train derails and causes forest fire in Rockwood, Maine but officials say no hazardous materials involved (April 15th, 2023)
Op-Ed: The Hidden Connection Between the Ohio Derailment, Environmental Injustice, and Mass Incarceration (April 16th, 2023)
Train derails in De Soto near Mississippi River, several cars off track (April 27th, 2023)
Norfolk Southern train derails in Lawrence County (May 12th, 2023)
Train Loaded With Toxic Chemicals Falls Into a River in Montana (June 28th, 2023)
Freight train derails in southeast Pennsylvania, but no known injuries or hazards (July 17th, 2023)
Explosion at Union Pacific Railroad Bailey Yards in North Platte (September 14th, 2023)
Small Kentucky town urged to evacuate after train derails, spilling chemicals (November 23rd, 2023)
(April 16th, 2024)
(September 24, 2024)
Numerous emergency and Hazmat crews are currently on the scene in Whitewater, Ohio, after an immediate evacuation order was issued following a train car leak of toxic chemicals, including styrene. Styrene is a colorless, flammable liquid with a sweet odor and is highly volatile. It is widely used in the production of plastics and rubber, which are essential for manufacturing products such as insulation, pipes, automobile parts, printing cartridges, food containers, and carpet backing.
(August 30th, 2025)
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