Excuse me, but we shouldn’t be moving on from West Virginia’s chemical spill

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/03/excuse-me-but-we-shouldnt-be-moving-on-from-west-virginias-chemical-spill/



Excuse me, but we shouldn’t be moving on from West Virginia’s chemical spill
By Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Monday, February 3, 2014 14:10 EST

Authorities in West Virginia declared the water of 300,000 residents affected by last month’s chemical spill safe to drink on 14 January, just five days after the incident. Since then, a few things have happened. Stop me if you’ve heard them before (but I doubt you have).

1. On 15 January, the Centers for Disease Control issued a statement advising pregnant women to ignore the state’s OK.

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5. On 30 January, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, a Democrat, asked the company in charge of that region’s water supply for another 20 truckloads of bottled water – on top of the 13 truckloads they already donated.

This may prove prescient. On 31 January, Freedom Industries reported a second spill. But not to worry, they assured the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), “None of the stuff got into the river.” DEP itself was less-than-clear on what happened, one official telling the Charleston Gazette:

[Enthusiast]

1. We should not be moving on.

[daleanime]

2. Kick....

[another_liberal]

3. Moving on is a great idea . . .

Moving on as in moving on out of Charleston West Virginia, that is.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. I'm not moving on

[DeSwiss]

5. K&R

[hatrack]

6. We can't dwell in the past or play the blame game . .

We need to move forward.