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Ohio train derailment: CDC workers became sick from working at toxic site

By Heather Hamilton
Published April 4, 2023 1:16pm ET
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Ohio train derailment: CDC workers became sick from working at toxic site
This photo taken with a drone on Feb. 4, 2023, shows portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train still on fire that derailed on Feb. 3, in East Palestine, Ohio. | (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)


Employees for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention became sick in March while assessing the health effects of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

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