[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: Drinking Water not Tested for Tens of Thousands of Chemicals
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Drinking Water not Tested for Tens of Thousands of Chemicals
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Drinking Water not Tested for Tens of Thousands of Chemicals
Elizabeth Shogren
January 24, 2014 5:00 AM
NPR
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/01/24/265520673/
drinking-water-not-tested-for-tens-of-thousands-of-chemicals
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/lzcbdwy
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The fact that a second contaminant in West Virginia's drinking water
eluded detection for nearly two weeks despite intense testing of the
water reveals an important truth about how companies test drinking water:
In most cases, they only find the contaminants they're looking for.
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Freedom Industries earlier this week revealed it had spilled two
chemicals, not just one. The second chemical is PPH, a mixture of
polygycol ethers. It was combined with first contaminant
4-methylcyclohexanemethanol, or a chemical that washes coal.
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PPH made up about 7 percent of the contents of the tank that , about 1.5
miles upstream from the treatment plant's intake.
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Experts say it's not surprising that the drinking water company did not
detect a second contaminant during its search for MCHM. Laboratories can
hunt for unexpected chemicals, but generally they don't.
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"When water companies do specific tests on contaminants like this they
look for a fingerprint, if you will," says Brent Fewell, senior vice
president of environment, health and safety of a different water company,
United Waters. "Every chemical has a chemical fingerprint. And so when you
focus on that fingerprint and you're not focusing on other fingerprints,
you very well could miss a contaminant like this."
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There are tens of thousands of chemicals in use.
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"To expect a water company to monitor for thousands of chemicals, it just
is not practical and it would be cost-prohibitive," added Fewell, whose
company works with more than 100 drinking water systems.
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The federal Environmental Protection Agency does require public water
systems to test for about 80 contaminants, but not the ones that spilled
from Freedom Industries' tank.
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