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Toxic Waters: Hear it for yourself

November 17, 2009

Back in September we wrote here about a West Virginia family with really, really toxic tap water. We learned about the Hall-Massey family's tragic situation in the New York Times' excellent investigative series about the pervasive water pollution allowed by too many Clean Water Act violations that too often go unpunished.

It was an important series on an important issue that adds value to the clean water debate - even for people who are well aware of the problem.

Which is why we're sharing this video conversation with NYT reporter Charles Duhigg, who authored the report, and Democracy Now hosts Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. If you don't have the 20 minutes now, you'll want to make it later.

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