Even More Coal Ash Poison Found in Drinking Water

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The December 2008 Tennessee coal ash spill. Photo Credit: Lyndsay Moseley, Sierra Club The words “hexavalent chromium” may not be ones you come across everyday, but they have made the news before. The deadly toxin first made headlines after Erin Brockovich sued Pacific Gas & Electric because of poisoned drinking water from hexavalent chromium . Now, new information from a joint report indicates that this chemical leaks readily from leaking coal ash dump sites maintained for coal-fire… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Even More Coal Ash Poison Found in Drinking Water

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