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March 5, 2019

Groundwater in 39 States Contaminated by Coal Ash Waste
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In environmental news, a new report finds that coal waste from hundreds
of coal-fired power plants around the country has contaminated
groundwater in 39 states with unsafe amounts of toxic chemicals. In some
cases, the dangerous toxic substances, including arsenic, lithium and
mercury, have leached into local drinking water supplies. The lead
author of the report by the Environmental Integrity Project and
Earthjustice said, "At a time when the Trump EPA-now being run by a
former coal lobbyist-is trying to roll back federal regulations on coal
ash, these new data provide convincing evidence that we should be moving
in the opposite direction."


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