The Original Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living Portal (since 2009)
west virginia chemical spill, Tag
- Water catastrophes: lessons from the 2014 chemical spill in West Virginia Thu, 12 Feb 15, 6:30amIn January 2014, an estimated 10,000 gallons of 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol (or MCHM for short) spilled from a ruptured Freedom Industries storage tank into the Elk River near Charleston, W.V. Exposure to MCHM, which is...
- Freedom Industries Fails to Disclose Second Chemical Leak in West Virginia Fri, 24 Jan 14, 3:47amAs if the company wasn’t already in enough hot water, a new report released this week reveals that Freedom Industries, the company responsible for the massive chemical leak in West Virginia, failed to disclose a second...
- Huge Chemical Spill Leaves 300,000 Without Drinking Water in West Virginia Sat, 11 Jan 14, 9:57amOver a quarter million people in West Virginia found themselves without access to clean water in their own homes today because of a chemical spill that contaminated local water sources. The spill was discovered in the Elk...
- Huge Chemical Spill Leaves 30,000 Without Drinking Water in West Virginia Sat, 11 Jan 14, 4:30amOver a quarter million people in West Virginia found themselves without access to clean water in their own homes today because of a chemical spill that contaminated local water sources. The spill was discovered in the Elk...