2 Pitt studies looking at health risks of chemicals spilled during East Palestine train derailment

100+ PA, OH Residents Join Conversation Around East Palestine Derailment & Continued Impacts to Ohio Valley Region

Tuesday and Wednesday, nonprofits hosted experts and affected residents for conversations around the lasting impacts of the 2023 East Palestine, OH train derailment. The presentations — given by the last Mayor of Times Beach, MO Marilyn Leistner and expert toxicologist, Dr. George Thompson — detailed findings from the chemical spill and how communities can cope after a chemical disaster. A theater in Columbiana, OH and church in Homestead, PA fi…

Keepers of the Times Beach story and a Pitt study land in the region this week - Pittsburgh Union Progress

We saw an interesting news report the other day while sitting in a Columbiana, Ohio, restaurant and watching Marilyn Leistner share memories of Times Beach, Missouri, with a dozen people from the East Palestine area. University of Pittsburgh researchers, we learned, are conducting a study to determine the impact of all those chemicals released during the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment and burn off. The Morning Journal of Lisbon, Ohi…

2 Pitt studies looking at health risks of chemicals spilled during East Palestine train derailment

(WKBN) -- Two new research studies being conducted by the University of Pittsburgh are looking into the exposures of people living near the East Palestine train derailment site and their environment. The first study is called the East Palestine Community-Engaged Environmental Exposure, Health Data and Biospecimen Bank. Through medical records and blood samples, researchers hope to find immediate and long-term health impacts from the derailment. …