Three days after the #norfolksouthern train derailment in #EastPalestine, #Ohio, on Feb. 3, 2023, officials burned 116,000 gallons of vinyl chloride in the region. Now, new data reveals the #toxins have spread to 16 states. #traindereailment ------------------------------------------------- New research on federal precipitation and pollution data shows 16 states from Wisconsin to North Carolina to Maine were impacted by the hazardous emissions that burned in East Palestine. David Gay, a University of Wisconsin researcher and lead study author, said his research team detected some of the highest chloride levels they’ve ever recorded the week after the burn. “These were some of the highest, if not the highest, we had seen in the last 12 years,” Gay said. “That fire touched a lot of points in the Midwest and the Northeast. We’re all breathing the same atmosphere. That’s a take-home story.”