Blackhawk School District in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, says its students and staff have suffered medical problems including rashes, eye irritation, and respiratory problems since the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster in East Palestine, Ohio.
The district, with school properties located within 15 miles of the derailment, says the disaster also caused the loss of use of its properties, contamination of soil and water, and the need for future monitoring of its property, soil, and water.
Blackhawk has some 2,300 students and is concerned about an increased risk of future disease for students and staff, and expects the need for future medical monitoring. That is all according to a lawsuit filed this week in federal court in the Western District of Pennsylvania, in which the district seeks damages from Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company….