The governor from West Virginia is certainly earning his pay. At a news conference yesterday Tomblin said that area residents should make their own decisions about drinking the water from West Virginia American Water’s Elk River plant after the Jan. 9th chemical spill. That’s right, your representatives will continue to fight any meaningful regulations protecting your air and water and when something happens, you’re on your own.
The spill happened last Thursday but it looks like the MSM is finally understanding the magnitude of this story after the Sunday morning talk shows ignored it. It’s still a developing story, but there’s at least one question which should be answered: Why is a chemical substance which hasn’t been tested for humans allowed to be housed near a river which supplies water to communities?
For more on the spill and methylcyclohexane
For more coverage, go to The Charleston Gazette.
For my animation on the subject, from Monday