Sentences with phrase «toxic coal slurry»

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That slurry is made far more toxic by the heavy metals and other dangerous elements leached from the coal itself.

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This processing creates coal slurry, or sludge, a mix of water, coal dust and clay containing toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, mercury, lead and chromium.

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The devastating, 2.6 million cubic yards of toxic coal ash slurry released in a Tennessee dike burst could perhaps have been avoided if TVA officials hadn't rejected costly fixes, a new report in the Tennessean reveals.