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News Articles Regarding Elk River Chemical Spill

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4012

Overview

Printed copies of three online news articles regarding the 2014 Elk River chemical spill. The spill occurred on 9 January 2014, involved the release of a chemical cleaning foam called crude MCHM into the Elk River, and caused roughly 30,000 West Virginians in nine counties to be without access to potable water. Includes article entitled "I'm from West Virginia and I've Got Something to Say About the Chemical Spill" by Eric Waggoner, published in the Huffington Post, 14 January 2014; article entitled "A Century of Controversy, Accidents in West Virginia's Chemical Valley in Lead-up to Spill" by Laura Parker, published in National Geographic, 16 January 2014; and article entitled "Chemical Valley" by Evan Osnos, published in the New Yorker, 7 April 2014.

Dates

  • Creation: 2014

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Extent

0.01 Linear Feet (Summary: 3 items (1 folder))

Physical Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Title
News Articles Regarding Elk River Chemical Spill, 2014
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Date
2014/05/05
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536