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<blockquote data-quote="Hank77" data-source="post: 69625916" data-attributes="member: 378311"><p>Yes, it empties into the Blacks Fork Creek, then the Blacks Fork Creek empties into the Green River.</p><p></p><p>But for the EPA to be concerned about a possible bit of sediment (dirt) contaminating the Green River about 60 miles downstream, really?</p><p>Maybe they should be more concerned about things like this....</p><p>August 2015</p><p><em>But since Wednesday, the Animas has been grievously polluted with toxic water spilled from one of the many abandoned mines that pockmark the region — a spill for which the <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/e/environmental_protection_agency/index.html?inline=nyt-org" target="_blank">Environmental Protection Agency</a> has claimed responsibility, saying it accidentally breached a store of chemical-laced water.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>On Sunday, anger over the spill boiled over after the agency announced that the amount of toxic water released was three times what was previously stated — more than three million gallons rather than one million — <strong>and that officials were still unsure if there was a health threat to humans or animals.</strong></em></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/us/durango-colorado-mine-spill-environmental-protection-agency.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/us/durango-colorado-mine-spill-environmental-protection-agency.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hank77, post: 69625916, member: 378311"] Yes, it empties into the Blacks Fork Creek, then the Blacks Fork Creek empties into the Green River. But for the EPA to be concerned about a possible bit of sediment (dirt) contaminating the Green River about 60 miles downstream, really? Maybe they should be more concerned about things like this.... August 2015 [I]But since Wednesday, the Animas has been grievously polluted with toxic water spilled from one of the many abandoned mines that pockmark the region — a spill for which the [URL='http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/e/environmental_protection_agency/index.html?inline=nyt-org']Environmental Protection Agency[/URL] has claimed responsibility, saying it accidentally breached a store of chemical-laced water. On Sunday, anger over the spill boiled over after the agency announced that the amount of toxic water released was three times what was previously stated — more than three million gallons rather than one million — [B]and that officials were still unsure if there was a health threat to humans or animals.[/B][/I] [URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/us/durango-colorado-mine-spill-environmental-protection-agency.html[/URL][I][B][/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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