Coal Ash Contaminates Groundwater at 91% of U.S. Coal Plants, Tests Show

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By James BruggersMar 4, 2019, 12:00 am170 pts
An analysis of water monitoring reports found unsafe levels of toxic substances near hundreds of coal ash sites, many of them in the Midwest and Southeast. By James Bruggers At a power plant in Memphis, Tennessee, coal ash waste that built up over decades has been leaching arsenic and other toxic substances…

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