CLIMATE - How the West Virginia Spill Exposes Our Lax Chemical Laws

We really don’t know much about the chemical involved. And that’s the problem.Site of the spill on the Elk River in West Virginia. Foo Connor/FlickrThe West Virginia chemical spill that left some 300,000 people without access to water has exposed a gaping hole in the country’s chemical regulatory system, according to environmental experts.Much the state remains under a drinking-water advisory after the spill last week into the Elk River near a wa ...

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