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State Health Assessment Of Kingston Ash Spill Site Complete

by TN Press Release Center on December 23, 2009

State Of Tennessee Press Release, Dec. 22, 2009:

Public Comments Accepted Through February 9, 2010

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Health’s (TDH) Environmental Epidemiology Program, under a cooperative agreement with the federal Agency…

Tagged as: 2008, air, ash, coal, Dec. 22, EPA, government, Harriman, health, Kingston, Public Safety, Roane, Swan Pond, TDEC, TDH, tennessee, toxic, TVA, water

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Still Sifting Through the Ash

by Mark Todd Engler on December 22, 2009

That no one died or was seriously injured in TVA’s 2008 Kingston coal-ash disaster was, residents still say, almost as stunning to comprehend as the event itself. Had the calamity occurred during, say, the bustle of a summer afternoon rather than the dead of December night, the result could have been one of the darkest days in living Tennessee memory.

Tagged as: 2008, ash spill, coal, Dec. 22, Harriman, Kingston, Roane, TVA

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