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> An air quality disaster resulted on Friday night after about 50 cars on a Norfolk Southern Railroad train traveling from Illinois to Pennsylvania derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Ten of those cars contained hazardous materials, five of which contained vinyl chloride, a highly volatile colorless gas produced for commercial uses.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/toxins-ohio-train-derailment-p...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34758525