Now, AES» own groundwater monitoring report showed a sharp increase in the levels of arsenic, chromium, and two radioactive isotopes in
groundwater near the plant after Hurricane Maria.
Indian Point, which is 24 miles outside of New York City, has been in the spotlight this week for an accidental leak of a chemical called tritium into
the groundwater near the plant.
The state did not test for PFOA in Petersburgh until last month, after Taconic reported elevated levels in
groundwater near the plant, health department spokesman James Plastiras said.
Not exact matches
Kinisky said Saint - Gobain has consistently taken responsibility to help find and fund alternate water supplies, or provide filtering systems, in areas where PFOA and other perflourinated chemicals have been detected in
groundwater near its current and former manufacturing
plants.
A new report from a non-profit advocacy organization called the Environmental Integrity Project shows that the
groundwater near TVA coal - fired power
plants is contaminated with a toxic stew of elements.
As
plants cease evaporating
groundwater, the air becomes even less humid — and since this
near - ground humidity is about half of what condenses into summer rainstorms, there is even less rain.