• GASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train Derailment

  • By: Ron Scholl
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GASSED: The True Story of a Toxic Train Derailment

By: Ron Scholl
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  • Summary

  • 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.
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  • Part 3 Chapter 2 "Sleuths" / Chapter 3 "Meltdown"

    Part 3 Chapter 2 "Sleuths" / Chapter 3 "Meltdown"
    Sep 29 2024

    As documents regarding the Alberton spill become available, Lucinda Hodges, Debra Griffin and Roger Chalmers scrutinize them for information to explain why they are still ill. Then in March of 1997, Hodges flees her Alberton home forever, as the spring thaw releases spill odors into the environment.

    Pictured: Lucinda Hodges at her Missoula trailer home. (Screen shot from Lisa Mosca video)
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    33 mins
  • Part 3 Chapter 1 "ACCEH"

    Part 3 Chapter 1 "ACCEH"
    Sep 27 2024

    We begin Part III The Long Haul. As Lucinda Hodges and others try to live in a town that makes them sick, she reconstitutes ACE into ACCEH—the Alberton Community Coalition for Environmental Health—and begins a letter-writing campaign to government agencies to seek help.

    Pictured: ACCEH ad in the Missoulian at Christmas 1996.
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    22 mins
  • Part 2 Chapter 6 "Hold Outs"

    Part 2 Chapter 6 "Hold Outs"
    Sep 26 2024

    Despite removal of the contaminated soil, Lucinda Hodges and other spill victims are unable to tolerate returning to their Alberton area homes. Meanwhile, Dr. Kaye Kilburn plans a neurological study on the Alberton spill victims.

    Pictured: the Hodges' family home on Railroad Street in Alberton.
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    29 mins
Physical Illness & Disease World Chemistry Hygiene & Healthy Living
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