Dkos diary on coal toxin leaching: Mingo water undrinkable.

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This diary made front page at DailyKos, FWIW:

Near Williamson, WV, in the communities of Rawl, Sprigg, Merrimac and Lick Creek, residents claim they have had problems with their water for the past ten years. Many have liver and kidney problems, various forms of cancer and skin rashes-- health problems associated with long-term exposure to high levels of arsenic, lead, manganese, selenium, and other toxins which scientists have found in residents' well water.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/4/10/135535/190

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1. No nukes!

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2. Well water in the future is going to need

filtration to remove those pollutants.

Edited to add: Too bad the animals that can't filter their water will still drink it. Better to not pollute the aquifers in the first place. It's more responsible towards Gaia.