Lead in Your Drinking Water

What would you do if your state's environmental agency told you your drinking water was contaminated? What if no other source is provided?

This is the question two families in Oakwood, Illinois faced when boron, lead, iron and manganese from a nearby coal ash site polluted their wells.

Don't let another family face this choice--send a message supporting coal ash standards today.

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There are over 500 coal ash sites across the country like the one in Oakwood, putting communities at risk from dangerous toxins that can seep into water sources and pollute the air. In fact, residents living near these sites face a heightened, 1 in 50 risk of cancer.[1] We need strong, federal regulations to enforce necessary safeguards.

When the Illinois EPA sent a notice in 2001 informing the owners and operators that the Oakwood site was an illegal dump, they responded by claiming that the site was not a landfill, but a beneficial use site and that a building would be constructed on top. We're still waiting for that building.

It's time to protect communities near these sites with federal regulations governing coal ash disposal.

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In response to the 2008 coal ash disaster in Tennessee, the EPA moved quickly to submit draft regulations to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review, but now the coal industry is putting intense pressure on the White House to stop or weaken the rule.

We cannot afford further delay--send a message to the White House and help us give the Obama Administration the public support it needs to protect hundreds of communities across the country from the hazards of toxic coal ash!

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Thanks for all you do to protect the environment.

[1] "Holding EPA and coal plants accountable for pollution," The
Hill,September 15, 2009. Link.