Toxic coal ash ponds exist in 32 states and are recognized as risks to humans and the environment because of the toxins getting in the air and the ground. This is damaging our earth and causing it to become polluted. Nothing has been done or has been left unregulated all together. The Energy Department found data that shows 156 power plants that have ponds like the ones in Tennessee. There are 5 states that store the most of this and they are Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, and Alabama. These ponds started in 2005 when the government clamped down to make them stop the emissions from their plants.
These ponds are man-made and hold a mixture of noncombustible ingredients of coal and ash, which cause a lot of damage that you might not even know about. These ponds have been allowed to grow as the regulations for these ponds are subject to less regulation than our landfills accepting our household trash. This problem was known of in 2000 when 11 cases of water pollution were linked to the problems and by 2007, that number grew to 24 with another 43 cases likely to cause pollution. In 2005, North Carolina had disposed 1.3 million tons of ponds, and it was just 14 of the plants they had.
The Environmental Protection Agency says that there are about 300 nationwide. Can you imagine that and can you imagine the damage it is causing to us and our world? The EPA has done nothing on the matter of this, and if it keeps on going the way it is, it is going to get worse every year. Did you also know that the EPA put coal ash as a non-hazardous waste? This was done in the years 1988 and 1993, and they have not controlled the waste problem yet and where to put it.
This pollution of coal ash is damaging the air we breathe and causing damages and illness to our body's health. Did you know that it affects the wildlife, too? Tadpoles, fish, and other animals are all affected by these chemicals and cause death or disease. Maybe with this last problem that happened in Tennessee, this will make them wake up and do something about it. There are also 150,000 abandoned mines across the United States. These are gold mines, silver mines, copper mines, and several other old mines that also contain hazardous wastes.
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