Soil contamination by environmentally persistent free radicals and dioxins following train derailment in East Palestine, OH.

ABSTRACT: The Norfolk Southern train derailment on February 3, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio, prompted concerns about the health impacts from the chemical spills and open-air combustion. We hypothesize that the combustion of chemicals, including vinyl chloride, in the presence of transition-metal oxides from the train, tracks, and soil minerals were conducive to the formation of hazardous byproducts including environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs), dioxins, and furans. We also hypothesize that these harmful byproducts of combustion have a shared origin and thus will have elevated concentrations in soil samples collected close to the derailment site when compared to concentrations in background soils. This study examined the co-occurrence of these soil contaminants from samples collected Au

SUBMITTER: Lard ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11843876 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature