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In the village of East Palestine, on a late Friday evening, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed on the Ohio side of the Pennsylvania border, causing tanker cars to rupture and catch fire, releasing thousands of tons of hazardous chemical compounds into the surrounding land and atmosphere. At the time of the crash, the known chemicals aboard included the highly toxic vinyl chloride and hydrogen chloride. An EPA document dump on February 12 revealed additional carcinogenic chemicals were aboard too, as well as some highly flammable solvents and gases. Public documents reveal that four tank cars containing vinyl chloride were stacked together. Responding before the reveal of the cargo's manifest, Jason Trosky, a resident of East Palestine, told the Prospect : "A $56 billion corporation knows where every one of its assets is at any given time … The reason [Norfolk Southern] didn't show us the manifest is because the train was overloaded." Twenty mile...

For some, stress feels like your heart is about to explode out of your chest. For others, stress pops up on your skin as a rash or maybe you notice your hair falling out more than usual.  Advertising Policy Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center. Advertising on our site helps support our mission. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services. Policy Stress is part of life — but it's not always a bad thing. Sometimes, it gives you the motivation you need for hitting a deadline or performing your best. But unmanaged or prolonged stress can wreak havoc on your body, resulting in unexpected aches, pains and other symptoms.  Internal medicine physician Richard Lang, MD, MPH, and psychiatrist Susan Albers, PsyD, explain the connection between our mental stressors and how it affects our bodily functions.  Daily stressors vs. chronic stress While it ma...

While we often think of appendicitis when lower right abdomen pain occurs, it is not always the cause. This article describes 23 causes of lower right abdomen pain and when this issue is a cause for concern. skaman306 / Getty Images Where the Abdomen Starts and Ends The abdomen is the largest cavity in your body and contains most of your body's organs. Your abdomen lies between your chest and hip bone in your body's anterior—or front. It starts at your diaphragm and ends at your pelvis. Below is more detail about the abdomen. Organs Within Abdomen The organs within your abdomen are involved in many life-sustaining body systems. They include the following. Organs in the digestive system that help convert food into energy: Organs in the urinary system that filter blood and work to remove excess fluid: Organs in the endocrine system that produce hormones to regulate your body's metabolism: ...

The first hint I should have gotten that the sun could kill me came 40 years ago on the flank of Mount Whitney. My brother Bob and I had climbed a 2,000-foot snow field to reach 13,645-foot Trail Crest junction, perched at the foot of Whitney's 14,505-foot summit. "Your face is so red, you look like a boiled lobster," Bob said as we finished the climb. "The sun reflected off the snowfield and gave you a double dose," said my old friend, Jeffrey Patty, a wilderness photographer and a partner across 25 years and 10,000 miles of hiking, camping and fishing. On their first expedition on the John Muir Trail, a three-week trek from Mount Whitney to Yosemite Valley in 1983, brothers Tom (foreground) and Bob Stienstra look as if they might be floating over the trail at a 12,000-foot elevation north of Mount Whitney. Photos: Courtesy Jeffrey Patty Back in the mid-1980s, few of us worried about sun exposure. Some young people would coat themselves with b...