Friday, January 10, 2014

Environmental laws...who needs 'em

Please enjoy your Randian lifestyle...while you can.

Residents of nine counties in West Virginia have been told not to use or drink their water after a chemical used by the coal industry spilled into the Elk River on Thursday. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state of emergency as more than 100,000 customers, or 300,000 people, are without safe drinking water. 

“Don’t make baby formula,” said West Virginia American Water Company president Jeff McIntyre. “Don’t brush your teeth. Don’t shower. Toilet flushing only.”

8 comments:

kingweasil said...

curious that NBC,WSAZ 3,and Think Progress all list this story as Jan 10th while Aljazeera's report is dated on the 9th...

Mr. 618 said...

We don't need no steenkin environmental regulations, cause the private sector can do it internally.

Ken Glick said...

Funny how no mention of what types of chemicals were spilled into the river or what their source was.

I understand the need not to jump to conclusions before the facts are in but I'm sure the Governer's office could find out relatively quickly what types of contaminants the people of West Virginia in that area of West Virginia are facing.

Anonymous said...

Those chemicals are the private property of "Freedom Industries".

pansypoo said...

who needs terrorists.

better living thru chemistry!

Raoul Paste said...

The chemical was 4-methyl cyclohexylmethanol, if I remember correctly, something used in the coal industry.
Probably can be removed with activated carbon absorption.

Someone commented that the survivalists with stockpiles of bottled water are looking pretty good right now.

Anonymous said...

Keep voting against your own interests West Virginia. You haven't hit rock bottom yet, but you should be able to start to smell it.

gratuitous said...

Well come on, now. As we all know, the takeaway from "Atlas Shrugged" was "Who is John Galt?" Others will remember the immortal catchphrase from Ayn's other paean to manly he-men "The Fountainhead" was "Water is for wimps."

Surprised Brit Hume hasn't high-tailed his way to West Virginia to remind the citizens there of what constitutes manly manism.