CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A local lung specialist has reassured residents that short-term exposure to styrene, a compound used in plastics, is unlikely to have lingering health impacts.

Exposure to styrene can damage organs, inflame lungs and make it hard to breathe, according to previous Enquirer reporting of a 2005 styrene leak incident in Cincinnati's East End.

Kroger's Whitewater Township location, at 4001 Hamilton Cleves Road, reopened Thursday at 1 p.m. following the styrene leak at a railyard near Cleves on Tuesday afternoon.Evacuation and shelter-in ...

In August 2005, styrene began leaking from a rail car in Cincinnati's East End. That was not the result of a derailment, but the leak forced evacuations and shelter-in-place orders for residents.

Story by Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer • 13h K roger's Whitewater Township location, at 4001 Hamilton Cleves Road, reopened Thursday at 1 p.m. following the styrene leak at a railyard near ...

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Tuesday night’s meeting was formatted as a Q&A with over a dozen officials from a number of organizations to answer questions residents and business owners had following last week’s styrene leak.

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CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Schools and businesses are still closed and an evacuation order remains in effect Wednesday for about 200 homes in a half-mile area in Whitewater Township after the toxic ...

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