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NIH Allocates $10 Million for Research in East Palestine Three Years After Toxic Train Crash

The agency’s new office in the eastern Ohio community will assess long-term health issues stemming from the disaster.
NIH Allocates $10 Million for Research in East Palestine Three Years After Toxic Train Crash
A neighborhood near the train wreck where vinyl chloride from derailed tank cars was vented and burnt in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 6, 2023. Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo
Jeff Louderback
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Three years have passed since a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, an eastern Ohio village near the Pennsylvania border.

On Feb. 3, the disaster’s third anniversary, The National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a grand opening ceremony for the East Palestine Train Derailment Health Research Program Office.

Jeff Louderback
Jeff Louderback
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Jeff Louderback covers major news and politics, including the Make America Healthy Again movement and regenerative farming. Since joining The Epoch Times in 2022, he has covered national elections, the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign, the East Palestine train derailment, and the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. Jeff has 30-plus years of professional experience as a reporter, editor, and author.