Chemical spill causes water emergency in W.Va.
Clip: 1/10/2014 | 2m 31s
Federal disaster declared in W.Va., where chemical spill caused water emergency
Residents of nine West Virginia counties are being told to avoid using tap water to bathe, drink, cook or wash clothes and dishes after a foaming agent used in coal production leaked from a chemical plant into the Elk River. Hari Sreenivasan reports on efforts to clean-up the water emergency.
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Chemical spill causes water emergency in W.Va.
Clip: 1/10/2014 | 2m 31s
Residents of nine West Virginia counties are being told to avoid using tap water to bathe, drink, cook or wash clothes and dishes after a foaming agent used in coal production leaked from a chemical plant into the Elk River. Hari Sreenivasan reports on efforts to clean-up the water emergency.
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