What to know about the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio

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53% : Water samples taken last week show "very low levels" of two contaminants -- butyl acrylate and ethyl hexyl acrylate -- from the derailment in a creek that runs through East Palestine, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency reported.
51% : Most of the train's 150 rail cars were carrying cargo that was not hazardous, officials say, such as cement, steel and frozen vegetables, according a manifest of the derailed cars provided to the Environmental Protection Agency.

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