[net-gold] DISASTERS: CHEMICAL SPILLS : RIVERS : WATER : UNITED STATES: STATES: WEST VIRGINIA : WATER POLUTION : ENVIRONMENT: POLLUTION : ENERGY : HEALTH: ISSUES: Chemical-Related Hospital Admissions Rise
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- Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:36:23 -0500 (EST)
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DISASTERS: CHEMICAL SPILLS :
RIVERS :
WATER :
UNITED STATES: STATES: WEST VIRGINIA :
WATER POLUTION :
ENVIRONMENT: POLLUTION :
ENERGY :
HEALTH: ISSUES:
Chemical-Related Hospital Admissions Rise
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Chemical-Related Hospital Admissions Rise
January 18, 2014
By Lori Kersey
Gazette Mail
http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201401180073
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. --Even as the last official water restrictions were
lifted Saturday, more people were getting sick from exposure to the
chemical that contaminated the Kanawha Valley's drinking water, according
to numbers provided by a government official.
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As of Saturday, a total of 411 patients had been treated at 10 hospitals
for reported chemical exposure since Jan. 9, according to Allison Adler, a
spokeswoman for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human
Resources. Twenty patients had been admitted to four hospitals. None of
them are still in the hospital and none of them were in critical
condition, Adler said.
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Those numbers have increased significantly since Thursday, when the DHHR
said 317 had been treated and 14 had been hospitalized.
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The West Virginia Poison Center had received 2,302 calls about the
chemical leak by Saturday evening, Adler said. Of those, 1,862 were
human-related, 98 were animal-related and the rest were requests for
information only.
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A "do-not-drink" order was lifted Saturday for Buffalo, Frazier's Bottom
and Pliny, in Putnam County, after a previously issued "do-not-use" order
had been lifted and then rescinded two days later.
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The area had been cleared to use water between Tuesday afternoon and late
Thursday, but that order was rescinded Friday morning after a fire hydrant
in Buffalo tested above the 1-part-per-million level of "Crude MCHM," the
coal-processing chemical that leaked into the Elk River in Charleston last
week.
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In a news release sent out Saturday by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's office,
government officials pointed to anxiety, flu season and the inability of
residents to consistently wash their hands with soap and water as reasons
for the hospital visits.
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"We're in the middle of flu and virus season," Dr. Letitia Tierney,
commissioner of state Bureau of Public Health said in the release. "While
the [hand] sanitizer is good for cleaning, it isn't great for eliminating
a virus. Some people are getting these viruses, as many people do every
winter. In addition, a lot of people are getting very anxious. Anxiety is
a real diagnosis and it can be really hard on people and it's OK to be
seen by a health professional to ensure you're OK."
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Tierney also downplayed the reports of rashes and burns, saying they are
easily treated with over-the-counter remedies.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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