Federal regulations require a new coal ash handling system designed to prevent toxic chemicals from leaching into groundwater, so the plant’s owners are asking regulators to approve a temporary solution
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Toxic PFAS chemicals have been detected in groundwater near the Callide power station at Biloela, CS Energy has announced.
Found in a wide range of consumer products according to the EPA, PFAS chemicals can lead to cancer, thyroid hormone disruption, effects on the immune system and low birth weights.
“PFAS chemicals can accumulate and stay in the human body for long periods of time,” the EPA states.
A voluntary testing program by CS Energy, who run the Callide Power Station, found levels “less than two times over the drinking water guideline” at a monitoring station near the Linkes Road crossing.
»1 Million Dead in 25 Years: Arsenic Contamination is Increasing Cancer Risks Across 200 Indian Cities
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1 Million Dead in 25 Years: Arsenic Contamination is Increasing Cancer Risks Across 200 Indian Cities
In a file photo from 2004, a woman from West Bengal shows her wrinkled hands, a condition caused by drinking arsenic-contaminated water. (Reuters)
Studies suggest that early 10 million people in India have been exposed to groundwater contaminated with arsenic.
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Seventy-year-old Priya Brath Sharma from Bihar’s Munger district, who has been bedridden for many years, is one among a million cases of arsenic poisoning reported in India. “I have stopped walking for many years as the lower body doesn’t move. I also went to AIIMS for treatment some years back, they said that it was Arsenic-related disease,” he said.
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