Allegations they contain top secret material. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im erica pitzi. The head of the e. P. A. Said the agency is working nonstop as to clean up a major toxic waste spill in colorado. We will visit sites along the river. Mccarthy said her Agency Takes Full Responsibility after an e. P. A. Crew triggered the leak. We are taking responsibility to make sure it is cleaned up. The most important thing is ensuring the health and safety of the residents and visitors near that river. The spill is still flowing at a rate of 500 to 700gallons a minute. Today, the contaminated water is expected to reach lake powell, a popular tourist it ain utah. Local Scientists Say there is no immediate threat. The fact that this guy is still alive is encouraging, but without the full analysis of this community, we cant really say a whole lot more. We at least can say after 100 hours, theyre surviving. Well be sampling again in a few days to see how the community is do
Good morning, this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. The head of the epa says the agency is working nonstop to clean up a major toxic spill in colorado. Today they will visit sites along the rivers, and the agency is set to release testing samples. Mccarthy says the epa takes full responsibility. It is a tajjic and unfortunate accident and epa is taking responsibility to make sure it is marined up. The most important thing is ensuring the health and safety of the residents and visitors near the river. The spill is still flowing at a rate of 500 to 700 gallons a minute. The rivers snake west through the fourcorners region into utah where they empty into the Colorado River. The spill is expected to reach lake powell today. The Colorado River system is considered the life blood of the west. It is one of the few major rivers in the region, stretching 1400 miles from the rockies to the gulf of california. Seven states and some 40 Million People, including 22 n
This is Aljazeera America live from new york city, im tony harris. The head of the e. P. A. Said the agency is working nonstop to clean up a major toxic waste spill in colorado. The agency is expected to release testing results from campbell of polluted water before leaving washington. Mccarthy said her Agency Takes Full Responsibility for texas that triggered the leak. It is a tragic accident and the e. P. A. Is taking responsibility to clean it up. The most important thing throughout this effort is ensuring the health and safety of the residents and visitors near that river. The spill is still flowing at a rate of up to 700 gallons a minute. Contaminated today is expected to reach lake powell. The agency said there is no immediate threat. Colorado and the Navajo Nation have declared a state of emergency. It forms a National Boundary for the tribal nation. Leaders say the rivers are more than water sources, they are sacred. We have this report. Communities on the Navajo Nation are for
And we begin in colorado, where the head of the epa is visiting the site of a major toxic waste spill. Gina mccarthy, on the site of the rivers, allen, what did mccarthy have to say about the Water Quality in the river behind you . Well, she was here in durango and some other spots on the river, and what she said, there has been extensive testing in recent days, and theyre showing that the river water is back to the same quality that it was before the spill, which was a week ago, last wednesday morning, and she also repeated what she said before, that shes heartbroken by it, and she blames, and says her own agency takes the blame for what happened up at Gold King Mine and what happened in the animus river and the san juan river, and the plume of sludge that throwed all the way out to lake powell. And she topped in durango for a news conference, and heres what she had to say about the spill. I just came from a briefing that dave and others provided to me on the status of the cleanup, an
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