PolitiFact Virginia's Jacob Geiger looks at a statement by Morgan Griffith about water quality testing in coal country. But does it hold up to real lab results? Jacob consults the Virginia Commonwealth University Environmental Analysis Laboratory. Read more on PolitiFactVirginia.com Tuesday.
What are the substances in Evian that caused the high conductivity?
In runoff from Appalachian streams near mountintop removal mines, one of the big areas of concern is Selenium, which is a highly toxic substance - the same thing that killed 21 polo ponies in Florida in 2009.
Other pollutants in mine runoff are heavy metals.
mountainjustice 10 months ago