EPA proposes blocking West Virginia mountaintop mine
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed to halt the largest mountaintop mine in Central Appalachia, saying the project would pollute drinking water and harm wildlife in mountain streams, and that the damage to the mountains would be irreversible. Despite the strong language, however, the EPA’s action only begins another lengthy process about [...]
Study links C8, high cholesterol levels
PARKERSBURG – A study in the C8 health project found children with higher levels of C8 in their blood tend to also have higher cholesterol, but the data doesn’t prove whether C8 caused it, the report said. The study, filed Friday in Wood County Circuit Court by the C8 Science Panel, says researchers found higher [...]
