A recent study by the US EPA has alarmed the agency enough to consider new standards for water discharges from coal-fired power plants. The pollution is threatening surface water in the US and that means our drinking water and wildlife is at stake.
Read more at the ENS: http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2009/2009-09-17-091.asp
or at the EPA:http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/304m/2008/steam-detailed-200809.pdf
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