For the eighth consecutive year, AES Puerto Rico’s coal ash dump has poisoned the subsoil and aquifer of its industrial site in Guayama with concentrations of selenium, lithium and molybdenum that violate federal boundaries for the protection of groundwater, as evidenced by the company’s most recent annual monitoring report. Also, dangerous arsenic and boron levels were detected. The findings not only reaffirm the toxic characteristics of waste,…
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For the eighth consecutive year, AES Puerto Rico’s coal ash dump has poisoned the subsoil and aquifer of its industrial site in Guayama with concentrations of selenium, lithium and molybdenum that violate federal boundaries for the protection of groundwater, as evidenced by the company’s most recent annual monitoring report. Also, dangerous arsenic and boron levels were detected. The findings not only reaffirm the toxic characteristics of waste,…