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Coal Ash
Coal ash is the hazardous waste that remains after coal is burned. Dumped into unlined ponds or mines, the toxins readily leach into drinking water supplies.
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- Campaign Home:
Coal Ash Contaminates Our Lives - Video Feature:
An Ill Wind - Video:
North Carolina Fights Back Coal Ash Pollution - Feature: Coal Ash 'Storms' Plague Indian Community
- Blog Series: Tr-Ash Talk
- Feature: River Runs Black: The Devastating Coal Ash Spill on the Emory River
- Interactive Map: State Fact Sheets on Coal Ash
- Interactive Graphic:
The Story of Coal - Graphic: Safe Drinking Water Standards
- Report: EPA's Blind Spot: Hexavalent Chromium in Coal Ash (Feb. 2011)
- Report: The Toxic Threat (Sept. 2010)
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State Fact Sheets on Coal Ash
In 2009, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by Earthjustice and our partners, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed the location of 584 coal ash dump sites across the country—almost twice as many as previously identified. These sites pose significant cancer and health risks that so far have gone unchecked. Use the map below to view fact sheets analyzing the coal ash sites by state.
Note: Fact sheets include detailed analysis based on data available and full citations for statistics. Fact sheets will open in a new browser window.
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