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Water crisis hits Charleston West Virginia after chemical spill
The Elk River contamination affects 300000 people with blue green water and licorice smell. Officials inspect how Freedom Industries released 4 methylcyclo hexane methanol and estimate safe levels may take days to achieve. Authorities urge bottled water and flushing the system while monitoring concentration. no deaths reported and few ER visits.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Elk River
American Water
Jeff McIntyre
McIntyre
State Department of Health & Human Resources
Karen L. Bowling
Earl Ray Tomblin
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Maryland
Pepsi
Coca- Cola Co
Tomblin
Freedom Industries
State Department of Environmental Protection
Tom Aluise
Aluise
Alaise
Paul Ziemkiewicz
West Virginia Water Research Institute
West Virginia National Guard
James A. Hoyer
Hoyer
Ziemkiewicz