Health and Environmental Fears Remain After Ohio Derailment and Inferno

As officials investigate the recent derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in eastern Ohio, concerns about the disaster’s effects on human health and the environment are growing, and experts warned that understanding the causes and consequences could require a more comprehensive investigation than what they have seen so far. “There’s just a lot of unknowns,” said Donald S. Holmstrom, a former director of the Western Regional Office of the United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, the federal agency that investigates industrial chemical accidents.

随着官员们开始对最近在俄亥俄州东部发生的运载有毒化学品火车脱轨事件进行调查，有关这场灾难可能对人类健康和环境影响的担忧正在增加。专家们警告说，可能需要比目前所见更为全面的调查，才能让他们了解这一事故的原因和后果。 美国化学安全与危害调查委员会——该委员会是负责调查工业化学事故的联邦机构——西部地区办公室前主任唐纳德·S·霍姆斯特罗姆说：“现在还有很多未知因素。”

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derailment n. 脱轨

inferno n. 熊熊烈火，混乱场面

comprehensive adj. 全面的，综合性的