[net-gold] DISASTERS: CHEMICAL SPILLS : RIVERS : WATER : UNITED STATES: STATES: WEST VIRGINIA : WATER POLUTION : ENVIRONMENT: POLLUTION : ENERGY : HEALTH: ISSUES : BUSINESS: COMPANINES: NAMED COMPANIES: FREEDOM INDUSTRIES : FRACKING: ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS AND DANGERS: West Virginia Chemical Spill: Does it Threaten Clean Water Gains?
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West Virginia Chemical Spill: Does it Threaten Clean Water Gains?
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West Virginia Chemical Spill: Does it Threaten Clean Water Gains?
Rivers and streams are becoming cleaner thanks to industry advances and
government regulation. But this week's chemical spill in West Virginia
shows that threats to the environment and public water supplies remain.
By Patrik Jonsson
January 11, 2014
The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2014/0111/
West-Virginia-chemical-spill-Does-it-threaten-clean-water-gains
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Coming after the deadly explosion at a chemical storage facility in Texas
last year and three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the
Gulf of Mexico, the leak of an estimated 5,000 gallons of a toxic
coal-processing chemical into West Virginias Elk River has quickly become
a reminder of how deeply involved Americans are with heavy industry in
their midst.
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Industry officials and regulators say tank standards and spill response
procedures have only improved in the last 20 years, and recent chemical
events are much rarer than the litany of major spills especially in the
1970s and 1980s.
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Yet the West Virginia spill, which put as many as 300,000 West Virginians
in harms way, has already dovetailed into broader concerns among many
Americans. Environmental groups alleged Friday that the spill is part of
an increasingly dangerous chemical threat as so-called fracking using
chemicals to mine hard rock for oil and natural gas -- spreads through the
heartland.
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Reports also indicate the level of the chemical in the drinking water is
receding by the hour. Nevertheless, West Virginia Governor Earl Ray
Tomblin said Friday hes not sure how long the emergency will last.
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Nearly 700 people had called into the states poison control center by
Friday evening, reporting a wide range of symptoms including rashes and
nausea. But emergency room sources also said many people who said they had
symptoms like itches and rashes had actually had no exposure to the
chemical, which is not believed to be highly toxic.
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One only has to read the EPAs incident reports to get a feeling for the
daily chemical threat in the US.
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In the last four months alone, the US has reported two dozen major
incident spills, including mystery sheen in Quarantine Bay, La., Gambell
Oiled Birds in Gambell, Alaska; a polymer-based drilling fluid spill in
Tacoma, Wash., Florida Power and Light Chlorine release in Cocoa Beach;
and Sunk Tug Chickamauga, in Eagle Harbor, Wash.
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Such a litany of routine spills, added to the major ones like the one in
the Elk River, adds to growing concerns about drinking water quality amid
an energy boom in the United States, where pressurized chemicals are used
to crack deep rock in order to unlock pockets of natural gas and oil.
Thats helping the nations energy independence, with the US now a net
exporter of gasoline, but many are concerned its adding to health and
environmental risks.
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With that history in mind, environmental activists say the spill crisis in
West Virginia is a sign that heavy industry in the state needs more
oversight.
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This is an example of the true costs of minimizing or ignoring the
importance of protective policies, Angie Roser of the West Virginia Rivers
Coalition told the British newspaper the Guardian.
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Indeed, heavy industry dependent West Virginia continues to struggle for
100 percent spill compliance, as have other similar industrial corridors
like those in Louisiana or along the Texas Gulf Coast. Fracking-related
spill complaints, meanwhile, have been filed in four US states, with West
Virginia reporting 122 possible spills in the last four years. Four of
those complaints led to corrective action imposed by regulators.
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