Official Says Residents Affected By Water Crisis Breathing Carcinogen When Showering

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: WCHS

A West Virginia official said that some residents in areas affected by the water crisis are breathing formaldehyde when showering.

Scott Simonton, an Environmental Quality Board official, told a state legislative panel Wednesday that the crude MCHM that spilled into the Elk River from Freedom industries Charleston facility can break down into formaldehyde.

Formaldehyde is a carcinogen and is more toxic when inhaled. Simonton said the breakdown can happen in the shower. He called respiratory cancer the biggest risk with breathing in the chemical.

Initial testing at Vandalia Grille in Charleston showed traces of the chemical. Other testing showed no traces of formaldehyde, but samples are still being processed.


Read more: http://wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/140129_22795.shtml

[Bluzmann57]

1. And the hits just keep on comin'

Man I feel sorry for those people. I've said it once and I'll say it again, the execs who unleashed all this garbage should be forced to be the first to drink the water and shower in the water. Maybe they could give up whatever purified water they have and give it to the residents.

[leftyohiolib]

2. elections have consequences so dont sit them out

[Aldo Leopold]

11. +1

[lark]

3. All the senior Freedom works types should have this piped to their homes.

They should have to drink and shower in the toxic liquid or lose everything they have (for the benefit of the people hurt by their negligence) and go to jail for life.

No, they file bankruptcy and won't pay a dime. Fuckers!

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

4. Reminds me of Erin Brockovich :)

offering a glass of Hinkley tap water to the vicious PG&E lawyers.

Such a rewarding movie scene.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

15. Funny you should mention that

She was in town and on the case today:
http://wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/140129_22793.shtml

[Alamuti Lotus]

5. Shouldn't the water company be charging them extra for such a privilege? *nt

[appacom]

6. Mystified as to why my fellow West Virginians keep voting against their own interests

[Lasher]

7. I know some do that but we have a Democratic Governor and Legislature right now.

My county commissioners are all Democrats. Both our US Senators are Democrats, and so is my US House representative. We have mostly Democrats representing us and yet this calamity occurred. I don't know who else it is that we could have voted for who would have done better.

[Botany]

10. In W.V. some of the problem is not D v R but that coal and chemical companies ...

.... call the shots. Joe Manchin was tripping all over himself trying to say that the
leaked MCHM, a chemical used to process coal, had nothing to do with the coal industry.

You have a some real heavy work to do to turn things around.

[Lasher]

14. That is a fair assessment. The coal companies have always controlled the WV state government.

But Manchin is not just a toadie of WV coal and chemical companies. He is an economic neoliberal, just like Reagan and all who came after him. And yes, that includes our two Democratic Presidents, Clinton and Obama.

A lot of us have some real heavy work to do to turn things around.

[Herself]

13. democrat's don't all fall from the same tree.

There are conservative "blue dog" democrats that are the dino's. They align with the republicans on the corporate interest/protecitionism.

Remember the dixicrats? Not all abandoned the democratic party for the gop after the civil rights losses in 1960's

[Herself]

16. democrat's don't all fall from the same tree.

There are democrat conservatives as well. That is why the democrat majority didnt' pass a budget when Obama was first elected.

Blue dog democrats are = dixicrats.

[valerief]

9. Jesus. Pastors get paid to tell them to vote GOP. nt

[1000words]

8. As well as absorption through the skin

"If you wouldn't put it in your mouth, don't get it on your skin."

[The Wizard]

12. Hey John (We don't need any more regulation) Boner

This toxic stew is headed for your district. There are consequences to putting profits ahead of people.