coal ash ponds like this. it may look like a beautiful lake. but it is basically an unlined pit in the ground with millions of tons of ash. mercury, cad me yum, arsenic, contaminants associated with cancer, right in danielle s bark yard. in 2009 danielle began experiencing headaches. i went to the hospital and they told me i had a brain tumor. they weren t lying. they said it was the size of a drink box. can i take a look again. she was diagnosed withstage three brain canser. what do you think caused this. i m 100% sure i know what caused it. that s duke energy. of course that is impossible to know for certain. her doctors can t say. there have been too few studies to make conclusions. but i wanted to see the water myself. this is the beautiful kataba