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Shelley Moore Capito: “I would imagine that the intent of siting one of these lagoons is not to leach arsenic into drinking water.”

On the recordJune 16, 2015
I would imagine that the intent of siting one of these lagoons is not to leach arsenic into drinking water.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Capito expresses concern about coal ash lagoons and water safety.

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