The estimated one billion gallon toxic coal ash spill has decimating ground and drinking water for generations to come. Arsenic levels range from 35 to 300 times accepted levels for drinking water and will destroy fish production for generations to come.
As usual, concerns about profitability outweigh concerns for the safety of the public and concerned scientists released the report early to avert further disaster.
Concentrations of eight toxic chemicals range from twice to 300 times higher than drinking water limits, according to scientists with Appalachian State University who conducted the tests.
“Although these results are preliminary, we want to release them because of the public health concern and because we believe the TVA and EPA aren’t being candid,†said Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., chair of the Waterkeeper Alliance.
Read the results here
