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Tom Perkins and agencies

Ohio rail crash: toxic waste removal suspended amid contamination fears

A worker cleans up the site following the derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste in East Palestine, Ohio.
A worker cleans up the site following the derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste in East Palestine, Ohio. Photograph: Alan Freed/Reuters

Federal environmental authorities have ordered a temporary halt in the shipment of contaminated waste from the site of the train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month, amid fears of further harm from the toxic waste.

Hazardous waste disposal facilities near Houston and Detroit are planning to receive most of the contaminated water and soil from the East Palestine train wreck site, raising the risk that some of the dangerous chemicals could end up in the environment elsewhere.

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