LISTEN: Railroad Crash Fallout Spanned 16 States, 540,000 Square Miles

A new study out of the University of Wisconsin has uncovered the truly alarming consequences of a recent rail disaster - an incident with toxic implications well beyond what researchers were expecting.

In 2023, a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in the Ohio town of East Palestine. Across the nation, transfixed observers watched in horror as officials deemed the best course of action to be intentionally burning off the excess chemicals and sending plumes of black smoke into the air, or risk the rail cars exploding.

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