On February 3rd, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, spilling dangerous chemicals on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. Responding crews carried out a controlled ignition of the chemicals to prevent further ground contamination, but this released the highly carcinogenic gas, vinyl chloride, into the atmosphere. Reports suggest that […]
Eliot Hudson
A graduate of Westminster College (PA), Eliot Hudson is currently a history and culture writer for Hoboken Girl—an online magazine with over 275,000 unique monthly visitors. Having worked with the New Castle Historical Society (PA), and also having attended the College of Wooster (Ohio), I have unique insight into the historical resonance brought about by the East Palestine environmental disaster.