Jun 19, 2008

Thanks for the heads up, DEP

While perusing the PG today I run across this article in which the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has warned citizens that ash from a landslide contained the hazardous material arsenic.

That's all well and good, and it was nice of the Department to fill nearby residents in. If I lived there I'd definitely be interested in finding out some detrimental substance was creeping into my water supply. At the same time though, I'm not sure how happy it'd make me to find out three years later. Nice to see our regulatory agencies are really keeping on top of their game, isn't it?

On top of it all, the DEP managed to shift blame to "a power company and municipal authority." Thanks for the news guys, we appreciate it.

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