Bluff Collapse Stirs Debate Over Coal Ash, EPA Oversight
We Energies officials say coal ash isn't toxic, but an environmental group headed by physicians disagrees.
Want to read more about this topic? Click the "like" button just above the article. If we get 10 or more "likes" on a story, we'll know to write a follow-up story. The bluff collapse at the We Energies power plant Monday exposed coal ash from the 1950s and 1960s, and that has rekindled a debate over EPA standards and the health risks of coal ash. Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said the impact on human health would be minimal because only an estimated 10 percent of the coal ash made it into the lake. However, the debate over the health implications of coal ash are further underscored by a report by Barbara Gottlieb, an associate professor at Harvard and also the director of environment and health director for …
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HOW DID WE ENERGIES GET AWAY WITHOUT DOING AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY BEFORE THEY WORKED ON THE BLUFFS AND WOULD THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE FLY ASH had a study been done? Coal ash contains arsenic, lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium and selenium, Could we possibly get a statement from the head of Oak Creek Water on the utilities ability to remove these substances from the drinking water supply. … more ›