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Coal ash if stored properly and not in contact with water should be OK. However this seems not to be the case, as most coal ash storage will be in contact with water apotek online
That picture is definitely alarming. I don't completely understand all the ends and outs of this issue but I can't believe the government isn't doing something about this. I guess they've got their plate full with the whole oil spill in the Gulf right now. I live here in The Woodlands Texas and am curious how this years hurricane season is going to affect the oil slicks out there. This could be what the houses in Galveston might look like before its all over.
One of the most problematic metal is boron, where is very expensive and difficult to treat. However I know of an economical solution to treat boron. If boron is an issue that is preventing the EPA from coming out with coal ash regulation, I hope they are reading this.
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Coal ash if stored properly and not in contact with water should be OK. However this seems not to be the case, as most coal ash storage will be in contact with water.
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Why isn't the excess coal ash made into pulverised fuel ash PFA for building materials, at least it would go to good use. Recycled building materials and PFA have been used for creating sub-bases and base layers of new roads. Property Addict
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Coal ash if stored properly and not in contact with water should be OK. However this seems not to be the case, as most coal ash storage will be in contact with water. When this happen the heavy metals present will "leached" out. One of the most problematic metal is boron, where is very expensive and difficult to treat.
However I know of an economical solution to treat boron. If boron is an issue that is preventing the EPA from coming out with coal ash regulation, I hope they are reading this.
Up until a few months ago, I would have bet EPA regulated ash disposed in wet ponds as hazardous and continued to allow ash to be disposed in lined industrial landfills, Then EPA ORD floated a revised arsenic cancer slope factor that would go from the IRIS 1.75 mg/kd/day to 27.5. Thus, management in lined landfills are 15.7 times the already significant risks they calculated. If they follow the science, coal ash is a hazardous waste.
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