The Associated Press and Courier Staff WATERLOO, IOWA— Two Waterloo women who lost limbs when they were struck while trying to climb through trains that were blocking the road sued the railroad Thursday for allegedly ignoring a safety hazard that’s left a trail of horrific injuries. The lawsuits filed in Black Hawk County District Court […]
Category: Public Health
10M Pounds of Human Waste is Stuck in an Alabama Rail Yard
TEN MILLION POUNDS OF biowaste has been sitting in more than 200 abandoned rail cars in Alabama for almost two months. The small town of Parrish, Alabama is home to nearly 1,000 residents who say the stench from waste is wafting through the air, CNN reported, and it “smells like dead bodies,” one resident told […]