ArticleEnvironmental science & technology letters2023
Air Pollutant Patterns and Human Health Risk following the East Palestine, Ohio, Train Derailment.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Understanding the influence of environmentally persistent free radical location on reactive oxygen species generation in soils.Chemosphere · 2026Article
- Characterizing immune perturbations in peripheral blood following the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Application of a human bronchoepithelial-air-liquid interface model to assess respiratory hazard of VOCs using a benchmark concentration modeling approach.Inhalation toxicology · 2026Article
- Quantification of the Spatial Variation and Source Contributions to Ambient Particle-Bound PAHs Using Aerosol Mass Spectrometry.Aerosol and air quality research · 2026Article
- Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia 9 months after the East Palestine train derailment.Journal of traumatic stress · 2025Article
- Identifying the known and unknown health hazard information for chemical disasters: a phased scoping review of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Mobile air monitoring to identify volatile organic compound distributions and potential hazard during the remediation of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2025Article
- The application of PTR-MS and non-targeted analysis to characterize VOCs emitted from a plastic recycling facility fire.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Communicating with Stakeholders to Identify High-Impact Research Directions for Non-Targeted Analysis.Analytical chemistry · 2025Review
- Decoding the Interplay of Hydrogen Bonding, Dispersion, and Steric Interactions in Conformational Isomerism Among Functionalized Pillar[n]arenes.The journal of physical chemistry. C, Nanomaterials and interfaces · 2025Article
- Molecular Simulation Study of All-Silica Zeolites for the Adsorptive Removal of Airborne Chloroethenes.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2025Article
- An Assessment of the Ocular Toxicity of Two Major Sources of Environmental Exposure.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Air Pollutant Patterns and Human Health Risk following the East Palestine, Ohio, Train Derailment.Environmental science & technology letters · 2023Article
- The East Palestine train derailment: A complex environmental disaster.Neurotoxicology and teratologyArticle
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Abstract
On February 3, 2023, a train carrying numerous hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, OH, spurring temporary evacuation of residents and a controlled burn of some of the hazardous cargo. Residents reported health symptoms, including headaches and respiratory, skin, and eye irritation. Initial data from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stationary air monitors indicated levels of potential concern for air toxics based on hazard quotient calculations. To provide complementary data, we conducted mobile air quality sampling on February 20 and 21 using proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry. Measurements were taken at 1 s intervals along routes designed to sample both close to and farther from the derailment. Mobile air monitoring indicated that average concentrations of benzene, toluene, xylenes, and vinyl chloride were below minimal risk levels for intermediate and chronic exposures, similar to EPA stationary monitoring data. Levels of acrolein were high relative to those of other volatile organic compounds, with spatial analyses showing levels in East Palestine up to 6 times higher than the local rural background. Nontargeted analyses identified levels of additional unique compounds above background levels, some displaying spatiotemporal patterns similar to that of acrolein and others exhibiting distinct hot spots. These initial findings warrant follow-up mobile air quality monitoring to characterize longitudinal exposure and risk levels.
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