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Lessons in Environmental Health and Crisis Communications from the Ohio Train Derailment

Lessons in Environmental Health and Crisis Communications from the Ohio Train Derailment

Update: 2023-04-12
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It’s been a couple months since the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, but many people still have questions about its environmental and health impacts. What do we know about the chemicals that were being transported on that train? What can we learn about crisis communications from this event? How concerned do we need to be about chemical exposure in general and how do we evaluate our risk? Download the latest episode of Public Health Out Loud to get answers from our local experts Dr. Mike Byrns, the principle environmental health risk assessment toxicologist at the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH; Joseph Wendelken, the public information officer at RIDOH; and Mike Healey, the public information officer at the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.  

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Lessons in Environmental Health and Crisis Communications from the Ohio Train Derailment

Lessons in Environmental Health and Crisis Communications from the Ohio Train Derailment

Dr. Philip Chan, Rhode Island Department of Health