by Guest Contributor | Feb 9, 2014 | EarthDesk Sunday
One month after the spill of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol (MCHM) into the Elk River in Charleston, WV by Freedom Industries (EarthDesk, January 14, January 16, January 18), the reappearance of the telltale “licorice smell” and complaints of toxic symptoms...
by John Cronin | Jan 18, 2014 | Government, Health, Law & Policy, Pollution
Most Charleston region residents are back to a more routine life after the January 9 spill of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol (MCHM) into the Elk River by Freedom Industries closed their water supply for five days. (See EarthDesk January 14 and January 16). But the...
by John Cronin | Jan 16, 2014 | Government, Law & Policy, Pollution, Water
In our previous EarthDesk post we examined the connection between the Charleston, WV spill into the Elk River, the failed Federal Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and our home river, the Hudson. On January 13, Representive Paul Tonko, the Hudson River...
by John Cronin | Jan 14, 2014 | Corporate Responsibility, Law & Policy, Pollution, Water
For five days, 300,000 people of Charleston, West Virginia and the surrounding area lost their regular source of drinking water due to a spill of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol by Freedom Industries into the Elk River. Investigations into the cause are underway. Alarmed...