Yellowstone River oil spill: cancer causing agent detected in water

[neverforget]

Cancer-causing agent detected in water; residents critical of response

GLENDIVE — Eastern Montana residents rushed to stock up on bottled water Tuesday after a cancer-causing component of oil was detected in public water supplies downstream of a pipeline spill on the Yellowstone River.

Elevated levels of benzene were found in water samples taken from a treatment plant that serves about 6,000 people in the agricultural community of Glendive, near North Dakota.

Scientists from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the benzene levels were above those recommended for long-term consumption, but did not pose a short-term health hazard. Residents were warned not to drink or cook with water from their taps.

Some criticized the timing of Monday's advisory, which came more than two days after 50,000 gallons of oil spilled from the 12-inch Poplar pipeline owned by Wyoming-based Bridger Pipeline Co. The spill occurred about 5 miles upstream from the city.

Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/cancer-causing-agent-detected-in-water-residents-critical-of-response/article_c39e74b3-08ec-5fce-8d18-4085c5c03ed2.html#ixzz3PP4JgTrE

[Politicalboi]

1. If these company's can't guarantee NO spills

Then the CEO's should have to drink this water like a poor unsuspecting animal would. They better be God Damned sure it won't leak.

[neverforget]

2. There's a lady in the comments saying there is nothing wrong with the

water. It just goes to show ya that people will buy all types of bullshit.

[Politicalboi]

4. They don't want to believe they drank toxic water

I am so tired of hearing about spills and the company paying a small fine with lots of time to clean it up. There should be harsh consequences when this happens. How can they track a deer, bird, bear, fox that drank toxic water. They need better methods, or start drinking their own toxins.

[WhiteTara]

3. I love it. Vote for these people and these policies

and then complain because they are sh*t.

[neverforget]

5. Last night, Rachel Maddow talked about this spill and

the one near Laurel, Mt in 2011. In the segment, the state or another government agency said that the pipeline most likely to break was the one that broke near Glendive. Nothing changes until there is an accident and even then, it's mostly cosmetic changes.