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01-23-2014, 10:32 AM
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Company in West Virginia spill failed to disclose second chemical
Your unregulated free market at work.
Got poison in your water?
Thank a Republican.
http://news.yahoo.com/company-west-v...4--sector.html
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Company in West Virginia spill failed to disclose second chemical
The company behind a chemical spill that left about 300,000 people in West Virginia without tap water failed to disclose a second chemical in the leak, state officials said on Wednesday.
The company, Freedom Industries, had previously said that only one chemical, crude MCHM, had spilled from one of its storage tanks into the Elk River at Charleston on January 9.
Freedom Industries told the state Department of Environmental Protection on Tuesday that a second chemical, PPH, was in the above-ground tank despite an order immediately after the spill to disclose what was in it, the department said in a statement.
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin said he was "very disappointed" that it took Freedom Industries, a maker of specialty chemicals, 12 days to disclose the presence of PPH.
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01-29-2014, 04:15 PM
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http://www.latimes.com/nation/nation...#axzz2rpEvd2u4.
Whaddya know? Formaldehyde in the water according to water quality official in West Virginia. This comes after the water is declared safe to drink.
Take a hot shower and you'll be breathing it. A$$holes.
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01-30-2014, 08:35 AM
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Possibly admin. Maybe ;)
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On the flip side, monkeypaw production is through the roof.
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02-01-2014, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by CarlV
Yep, no way would I consider using the water again from that source without having it tested for myself. They are as likely to be as honest and truthful as Chevron and Exxon are.
Carl
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Yep, no surprise here.
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02-06-2014, 11:17 AM
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Nice update.
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The Huffington Post | by James Gerken
Posted: 02/06/2014 11:31 am EST Updated: 02/06/2014 11:59 am EST
Several schools in the Charleston, W.Va. area have dismissed students amid ongoing concerns over water quality, nearly a month after a massive chemical spill in the Elk River.
Students at Riverside High School in Belle were sent home early on Wednesday, according to the Wall Street Journal. Several students reported burning sensations in their noses and eyes and two people were sent to a local hospital, including one teacher who fainted. A nearby elementary school was also closed early on Wednesday.
Students' reported symptoms are consistent with exposure to 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol, or MCHM, which was released in the Jan. 9 spill and contaminated the drinking water for about 300,000 residents for over a week. The chemical, which is used to process coal, has a strong licorice-like smell.
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