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While the stories point out that the EPA broke open the wastewater containment walls, which held more than 3million gallons of toxic liquids left over from the abandon mine it resides in, there is no mention of the fact that the company responsible for the mine. Thats because it was abandoned. Yup, some company walked away from over 3 million gallons of crud that poses a serious health threat to the people living down stream. The EPA has been filtering the wastewater to reduce the toxicity and accidentally breached a containment wall. Not good, but unintentional. However, news spin is in full effect and Newsweek headline rubs me the wrong way.
"EPA Causes Massive Spill of Mining Waste In Colorado". Come on. Shouldn't it read "EPA Accidentally Causes Massive Spill of Abandoned Toxic Waste"? That would be more accurate, wouldn't it? So many people just glance at headlines and then form their opinions. They won't read the article and understand what is really going on. That just makes having a factual conversation about this even more difficult.
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