Just weeks after recent headlines about hexavalent chromium, a cancer-causing chemical, contaminating drinking water systems around the U.S., a new report indicates that scores of leaking coal ash sites across the country could be a major source of such water contamination, wrote Earth Justice. Hexavalent chromium first made … [Read more...]
Coal Ash Leaking Toxic Chemical Into Water
TVA Says 2/3rds of Coal Ash from Spill Cleaned Up
TVA Stating That Coal Ash Spill Has Been Cleaned Up. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is stating that most of the coal ash “deemed critical” following last year’s historic spill, has been cleaned up, said WDEF. The authority said some two-thirds of the “critical” spill has been cleaned out of the Emory River The catastrophic … [Read more...]
EPA Report Details Coal Ash Threat
Catastrophic Fly Ash Spill Took Place At Tennessee. We have been following events since the catastrophic fly ash spill that took place last December in Tennessee in which an unimaginable 5.4 million cubic yards of toxic coal sludge was dumped into the Emory and Clinch rivers and the 300 acres surrounding the Tennessee Valley … [Read more...]
Coal Ash Cancer Risks Detailed in Suppressed Report
Residents Near Coal Ash Sites Has Higher Cancer Risks. Information pointing to “significantly higher cancer risks” for those living near coal-fired power plant ash dumps was covered up by the Bush Administration, according to a report just released by EnvironmentalIntegrity.org. Apparently, a 2002 report—EPA Risk Screening … [Read more...]
Coal Ash Dangers Growing
Coal Ash Landfills Could Soon Endanger People In South Carolina. The dumping of coal ash, the byproduct of coal-burning power plants, in ponds and landfills could soon endanger people in South Carolina and elsewhere, according to an article in the Charleston Post & Courier. It is known that that people who live next to certain … [Read more...]
