A local lung specialist has reassured residents that short-term exposure to styrene, a compound used in plastics, is unlikely to have a lingering impact.

Kroger's Whitewater Township location reopened Thursday following the styrene leak at a railyard near Cleves on Tuesday afternoon.

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Here's what the Drug & Poison Information Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital advises regarding returning home following the styrene leak.

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.

CINCINNATI — Emergency crews will be holding a response training on the Ohio River Thursday. The goal is to be prepared for the possibility of a chemical leak on the river.

Styrene spewed from a train car with a faulty valve. About a mile down the road, deputies evacuated a Kroger store and all homes between the store and the roadblock.

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.

Cleves Kroger reopens after styrene evacuation. What the store did before reopening Story by Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer • 13h ...

WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP — People got some answers about a styrene gas leak that forced them out of their homes in Ohio last week. As previously reported by News Center 7, the Hamilton County ...

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