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Marsh Fork Elementary School Near Massey Energy Coal Preparation Plant
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Edwight, West Virginia - The Marsh Fork Elementary School adjacent to Massey Energy's Goals coal processing plant. Frequest health problems have been reported among children attending the school, most likely due to toxic chemicals from the coal preparation plant. Residents are also concerned about the possible failure of Massey's Shumate coal sludge impoundment, which stores billions of gallons of coal waste behind an earthen dam. Failure of the dam would send a tidal wave of sludge over the school and through downstream communities.
© Jim West
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