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"Amid worry, first tests show water safe after Tenn. dam breach" by Associated Press | December 26, 2008
HARRIMAN, Tenn. - Environmentalists worry the ash-laden sludge that coated a Tennessee neighborhood when a power plant dike burst could pose a health risk, although initial tests by a public utility company have shown no threat to drinking water.
Keep in mind, readers: this is the same government and media that said New York was safe after 9/11.
Crews were expected to work through the holiday weekend to contain the aftermath of Monday's breach at the coal-fired Kingston power plant, run by the nation's largest public utility about 50 miles west of Knoxville. Officials at the
I think I'd get some bottled water for a while.
And TVA spokesman Gil Francis said crews were cleaning up the sludge. "The cleanup is making progress," Francis said yesterday, adding the group was moving from the road to other areas....
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However, environmentalists have blasted TVA for what they say was something completely avoidable. Hundreds of fish were floating dead downstream from the plant Tuesday, and state and federal agencies have yet to complete water quality testing. Environmental Protection Agency spokeswoman Laura Niles said some toxic metals could be in the muck, including mercury and arsenic....
Somebody baking brownies?
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