GASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train Derailment

About GASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train Derailment

The tragic story of the 1996 Alberton, Montana, train crash and the largest release of chlorine gas in US railroad history. One train rider is killed, while hundreds are acutely injured. Many will suffer chronic symptoms for years to come, and seek justice for their toxic exposure.

Publisher

Ron Scholl

Category

health & fitness · history · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Jul 2024

Latest episode

1 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

68 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Jan 2025

   Part 6 Chapter 29 "End of the Line" / End Notes

   We conclude the two-book series with a reflection and look forward from Lucinda Hodges, followed by some end notes. To see the books GASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train Derailment, along with photos, illustrations and video links, visit Amazon.com. Thanks for listening. Pictured: The Lothrop Pine near Alberton, Montana (RL Scholl)

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   30 Dec 2024

   Part 6 Chapter 27 "Settling" / Chapter 28 "Testimony"

   Under pressure from the failure to find Montana Rail Link negligent in court, most of the remaining Alberton chlorine spill cases settle, including Lucinda Hodges’ family. Looking back over the past five long years, Hodges shares the chronic health impacts of her family’s exposure.

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   25 Dec 2024

   Part 6 Chapter 26 "Rough Spot"

   We consider all of the evidence and information surrounding the Alberton derailment, and the obstruction of the EPA and other government agencies and responders in the immediate days following the derailment, to offer a reasoned explanation for the Montana Rail Link derailment and the obstruction. Pictured: Le Schutter giving tearful testimony about his son, MRL train engineer Billy Schutter, at the National EPA Ombudsman hearing on the Alberton case in Missoula in 2000.

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