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[–] 1650425? ago 

This says it contains lead and arsenic not good :(

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[–] Jesuislegrandezombie ago 

So, some company (who gets to remain nameless in ALL the media coverage) leaves a superfund mess for the public to deal with, and this mess is so volatile and precarious that simply inspecting it cause a horrific effluent event, and the EPA catches the blame. Wow, that is some Fox 2.0 kind of reporting.

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[–] Intestinal_Parasites ago 

That article had almost no information.

San Juan County health officials say the Environmental Protection Agency and the state Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety were investigating another contamination when they “unexpectedly triggered a large release of mine waste water into the upper portions of Cement Creek.” Cement Creek is a tributary of the Animas River.

If you can't give the how. Then the accusations are suspect.

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[–] DemonFacer ago  (edited ago)

I first read that title as "Massive Water Spills in River.."

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[–] Sir_Laughs-a-lot 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

In case anyone is still unsure of the correct usage of the word ironic: this is pretty much a textbook example

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[–] Grospoliner 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I'd love to see the details of the events leading up to this. I can't imagine this was the work of a single rookie inspector inadvertently flipping a lever or something.

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[–] GoofyGrape 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Regardless of who is to blame, I am a little surprised that there was no mention of this at https://www.colorado.gov/cdphe

I would expect there to at least be a mention of this.

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[–] 1632359? 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

the waste contains “high levels of sediment and metals>

Would be nice if they said what kind of metals... I know mercury used to be used to extract gold but, I'm not sure if its still used.

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[–] Einmensch ago 

I was gonna say, if it's just sediment and iron or something like that then no big deal. Lead or mercury though...

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[–] Ciscogeek ago 

I'm sure if it was something other than toxic metals, they would have released that information to help with the PR already.

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