Spill Here, Spill Now . . . (Updated) 0
. . . then do the forensics.
A water sample taken Monday, two days after the spill was discovered, was four times higher than the maximum level for people to have prolonged contact, such as swimming, the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources said.
“We made an honest mistake while interpreting the results,” state Division of Water Resources director Tom Reeder said in a statement.
Damned regulations. If we did away with them, we wouldn’t have to hear about this stuff. Corporations could just kill us quietly in our creeks.
The Rude One has a picture. More about the honest mistake at the link.
Addendum, the Next Morning:
Not only do they have trouble with chemical analysis, the North Carolina’s laughingly called “environmental agency” has actively resisted efforts to get its ash in gear.
Each time, they say, their efforts have been stymied — by the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
