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Articles by Juliane I. Beier

How vinyl chloride from the Ohio train derailment can damage the liver

Its health risks were discovered in the 1970s at a B.F. Goodrich factory in the Rubbertown neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.

Juliane I. Beier

February 28, 2023

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Vinyl chloride – the chemical in several of the train cars that derailed and burned in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023 – can wreak havoc on the human liver.

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Articles by Juliane I. Beier

How vinyl chloride from the Ohio train derailment can damage the liver

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