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Table Tennis And A Movement To Ban Vinyl Chloride On This West Virginia Morning

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On this West Virginia Morning, the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center is hosting young athletes through Saturday who are competing in the International Table Tennis Tournament. Delaney Wells has more.

Also, in this show, The Allegheny Front, based in Pittsburgh, is a public radio program that reports on environmental issues in the region. We listen to their latest story about a movement to ban vinyl chloride after the train crash and explosion in East Palestine, Ohio.

West Virginia Morning is a production of West Virginia Public Broadcasting which is solely responsible for its content.

Support for our news bureaus comes from Concord University and Shepherd University.

Caroline MacGregor is our assistant news director and produced this episode.

Teresa Wills is our host.

Listen to West Virginia Morning weekdays at 7:43 a.m. on WVPB Radio or subscribe to the podcast and never miss an episode. #WVMorning

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