Study: Spilled chemical could be more toxic (WV)

[theHandpuppet]

Cross-posted from Appalachia Group

The Times West Virginian
July 11, 2014
Study: Spilled chemical could be more toxic
By Jonathan Mattise Associated Press
Fri Jul 11, 2014

CHARLESTON — A new study shows a chemical that spilled into West Virginia’s biggest drinking water supply in January could be more toxic than a previous test indicated.

University of South Alabama researcher Andrew Whelton released findings Thursday from crude MCHM toxicity tests on water fleas. The freshwater microcrustacean is often used in toxicological studies.

The results indicate that it takes much less exposure for the chemical to be toxic to the fleas than an earlier study showed. Eastman Chemical, crude MCHM’s manufacturer, conducted the one-time study on fleas in 1998.

Whelton tried to replicate Eastman’s results three times, but couldn’t. His group kept finding the fleas were eight times more sensitive to the chemical than Eastman reported....

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[eppur_se_muova]

1. Gosh, you'd think Eastman would've been more careful !

Gee whillikers, what an embarrassment, huh ?

[theHandpuppet]

2. Yeah, why wouldn't we trust the manufacturer to conduct it's own studies?

Who would have thought an independent study would reveal the company's chemicals to be many times more toxic than the company itself had reported?