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	<title><![CDATA[Tennessee Coal Sludge Disaster:  Think This Could Not Happen to You? Think Again.]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gillian-caldwell/tennessee-coal-sludge-dis_b_155972.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><P>On December 22 (2 weeks ago), over 1 billion gallons of toxic coal sludge came cascading through Eastern Tennessee. The tidal wave of sludge toppled houses and dirtied rivers and streams. This toxic coal ash has been stored in an open 40-acre pond next to the 50-year-old power plant.<!--break--> <a href="http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/12/31/kingston-tn-sings-auld-lang-sludge/">According to State authorities</a>, after the spill there are 54,000 people with contaminated water in Roane County alone, and many more outside the county may also have tainted drinking water....</P></p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-01-07T16:21:00-05:00</date_published>
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