ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2025
Mobile air monitoring to identify volatile organic compound distributions and potential hazard during the remediation of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment.
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- Urinary Metabolites of Volatile Organic Compounds in a Subset of East Palestine, Ohio Residents Five Months Following the Train Derailment Disaster.Environmental science & technology · 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
- Time Scales of Gaseous Smoke Contamination Indoors from Real and Simulated Wildland-Urban Interface Fires.ACS ES&T air · 2026Article
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On February 3, 2023, a train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Initial mobile air monitoring in mid-February 2023 revealed unique spatiotemporal patterns for a range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). To determine long-term impacts on air quality, two follow up mobile air monitoring campaigns were carried out in March and April 2023 on public roadways using a proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometer. This study aimed to characterize VOC distributions, identify hotspots, and characterize potential hazards. Concentrations of targeted VOCs benzene, toluene, and xylenes were lower overall in East Palestine in April compared to March. Overall, more compounds (n = 48) were identified using non-targeted analysis (NTA) in East Palestine in March compared with April (n = 30). Several of these VOCs were uniquely identified during March sampling, and among the commonly detected compounds, higher average concentrations were observed in East Palestine compared background levels. Spatial analysis revealed similar patterns of hotspots for benzene and additional VOCs identified from NTA, including C
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