I just want to draw your attention to an EPA report from 2007, which identified 63 sites in 26 States where water was contaminated by heavy metals from dumps, including 3 Tennessee Valley Authority dumps.
Jeff Merkley: “I just want to draw your attention to an EPA report from 2007, which identified 63 sites in 26 States where water was…”
On the recordJanuary 7, 2009
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Merkley references an EPA report on water contamination from heavy metals.
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