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 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...