EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (WKBN) - In the months and years after East Palestine's train derailment, researchers from five universities started studies on the environmental and health effects. Those researchers presented their findings Wednesday to the people of East Palestine.

The presentation was called "East Palestine: The State of the Science. "Researcher Anthony Orsino of Case Western Reserve included in his presentation to 100 people in East Palestine what he's dealing with when trying to determine the environmental and health issues resulting from the February 2023 train derailment.

"This wasn't just vinyl chloride, or it wasn't just buceoacrylate. It was a combination of these chemicals, and these chemicals weren't just exposures in one way. They weren't just exposures on the skin, or

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