A month after a freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, questions linger about the longterm health impacts of the incident. No one died in the Feb. 3 derailment, but officials estimated 20 days after the incident that more than 43,700 animals within 5 miles were believed to have died in local waterways.
Philadelphia and Bucks County are consistently the smoggiest regions in PA. Several existing and proposed transportation terminals could make it worse.
Residents of Philly’s Port Richmond section experienced what city officials called an “air quality emergency” Thursday due to smoke from a junkyard fire.