Tag: freedom industries
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New Survey Shows Many Sickened After West Virginia Chemical Spill
from latimes.com: When a storage tank spilled an obscure coal-cleaning chemical into the water supply in West Virginia in January, officials ultimately told 300,000 people not to use the water. […]
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Water Crisis Not Over After West Virginia Chemical Spill
from hereandnow.wbur.org: It’s been called one of the most serious episodes of drinking water contamination in U.S. history. Four months after thousands of gallons of the coal-washing chemical MCHM spilled […]
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Tests Show Chemical in West Virginia Water Weeks After Leak
from cnn.com: Tap water testing in 10 homes in West Virginia found a chemical that leaked from an industrial storage facility in January was still in the water supply a […]
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West Virginia Tap Water Test Results Expected In 1-3 Weeks
from edition.cnn.com: Tap water test results in 10 West Virginia homes — part of a state-commissioned study into whether the water is safe to drink after a chemical spill last […]
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Rockefeller: “I Wouldn’t Drink That Water If You Paid Me”
WV Residents Still Wary of Water After Chemical Leak from thelead.blogs.cnn.com: It was a half-day for the students at Grandview Elementary in North Charleston, West Virginia, Monday, and it wasn’t […]
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More Gunk Spills in West Virginia, Turning Creek Black
Patriot Coal Prep Plant Spills Slurry Into WV Creek* from latimes.com: State officials in West Virginia were trying Tuesday to contain a coal slurry spill into a creek in the […]
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Students Sent Home From West Virginia Schools Amid Fears Over Water Contamination
from nationaljournal.com: Students at a handful of schools in Charleston, W.Va., were sent home last week amid reports of potential water contamination following a chemical spill last month, The New […]
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West Virginia official says residents are breathing cancer-causing agent after chemical spill
from blacklistednews.com: A West Virginia state official told legislators on Wednesday that he “can guarantee” some residents are breathing in a cancer-causing substance due to the chemical spill that occurred […]
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Chemical Spill In West Virginia Worse Than Initially Reported
from huffingtonpost.com: The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection issued an update on Monday evening indicating that the Elk River spill in West Virginia earlier this month involved more gallons […]
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How safe is West Virginia water, if pregnant women shouldn’t drink it?
from cnn.com: Days after they told some West Virginia residents they shouldn’t worry about drinking tap water contaminated with a chemical used to clean coal, local health officials issued a […]
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Freedom Industries Cited at Second West Virginia Site
from ksdk.com: The company whose spill contaminated the water supply for 300,000 West Virginians has been cited for violations at a second facility where it’s storing chemicals. Department of Environmental […]