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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-12-09 10:41 AM
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Coal Ash Spills Too Dangerous To Reveal To Public (says DHS)
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Source: Huffington Post

Just how bad has the coal ash situation gotten in the United States? So bad that the Department of Homeland Security has told Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) that her committee can't publicly disclose the location of coal ash dumps across the country.

The pollution is so toxic, so dangerous, that an enemy of the United States -- or a storm or some other disrupting event -- could easily cause them to spill out and lay waste to any area nearby.

There are 44 sites deemed by the Environmental Protection Agency to be high hazard, but Boxer said she isn't allowed to talk about them other than to senators in the states affected. "There is a huge muzzle on me and my staff," she said.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/12/coal-ash-spills-too-dange_n_214739.html



Enemies of the US? Or people who want the makers of these messes to clean them up?
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