"Heavy Metals Found In Groundwater Near Coal Plants"

"CHRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. — Environmental officials say heavy metals from coal ash have seeped into groundwater at a Duke Energy complex along Florida’s Gulf Coast.

A report by a consulting firm shows that arsenic, lithium and other contaminants were found in samples of wells surrounding the coal plants on Duke’s Crystal River Energy Complex.

Florida Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman Dee Ann Miller says no residential properties or public water supply wells have been affected."

The Associated Press had the story August 13, 2019.

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