Thu
Feb 19 2009
06:45 pm
By: mjw
A new study is out from the Center for Public Integrity on the danger nationwide from coal ash storage. It includes a customizable map of fill ponds and landfills nationwide.
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Coal ash
One merely needs to read what EPA says on the subject: essentially silica, same as sand. Sure, nearly everything has trace elements/minerals. Equating this with the scare stories is toxic (yellow journalism).
Silica is a well known
Silica is a well known hazard, idiot.
P.S. Even better: (link...)