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  • Brushy Fork Slurry Impoundment. This is merely the tip of the iceberg. This man-made pond contains an estimated nearly 7 Billion gallons of toxic slurry, a by-product of washing coal before it goes to market, which contains (among other things).mercury, chromium, lead, arsenic, Cadmium, etc. Federal investigators say that it is a matter of "when" not "if" the damn breaks. They estimate nearly 1,000 people will be killed in a matter of minutes. Raleigh County, WV. Residents fear blasting on the Bee Tree Mine could destabilize the sludge impoundment which was built by the same engineers behind the Martin County, Kentucky dam, which failed and released some 300 million gallons of coal slurry, creating a flood as wide as a football field and 6 feet deep.
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  • A fragile piece of life clings to the edge of a toxic settlement pond in Prenter, WV.  Residents of Prenter have had their well water contaminated by nearby mining and many are in perilous health as a result.
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  • Images from West Virginia and the devastating practice of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Covering the aspects of destruction of the land, violation of humanity and the irreversible contamination of the water of Appalachia. Images from West Virginia and the devastating practice of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Covering the aspects of destruction of the land, violation of humanity and the irreversible contamination of the water of Appalachia. Images from West Virginia and the devastating practice of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Covering the aspects of destruction of the land, violation of humanity and the irreversible contamination of the water of Appalachia. Images from West Virginia and the devastating practice of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Covering the aspects of destruction of the land, violation of humanity and the irreversible contamination of the water of Appalachia.
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  • Bee Tree Mine on Coal River Mountain formerly owned by Massey Energy and now operated by Alpha Natural Resources.  Residents fear blasting on the Bee Tree Mine could destabilize the nearby 7 billion-gallon Brushy Fork coal sludge impoundment which was built by the same engineers behind the Martin County, Kentucky dam, which failed and released some 300 million gallons of coal slurry, creating a flood as wide as a football field and 6 feet deep.
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