"Testing revealed that coal fly ash at the TVA site was laden with toxic elements like arsenic, lead and selenium, and radioactive waste. A slew of independent studies, including a recent Duke University study, indicate that the environment, the water, and the air near the TVA plant have been contaminated, and fish pulled from the Tennessee, Clinch and Emory rivers are testing at dangerously high levels for selenium and other heavy metals."

"The environment is destroyed."

"Six months after the spill, families living near the TVA plant are still reeling. Their chronic health concerns include upper respiratory problems, asthma, ear infections, headaches, and nausea. Organizations monitoring the situation on the ground are reporting those, and more, health problems in people living as far as 10 miles away from Kingston: bleeding from the ears, vomiting, skin rashes, blisters, and polyps in the nose."

Source: Anderson Cooper on CNN at (link...)
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I'm really glad my mom always wears a mask when she goes into town on errands.

-- OneTahiti