Hundreds with symptoms of chemical exposure and 300,000 without water after West Virginia spill

Independent: More than 700 people in West Virginia may be suffering from exposure to a toxic chemical that contaminated drinking water. Several people went to hospital emergency departments with symptoms including nausea, vomiting, dizziness, diarrhoea and rashes, and some were admitted for treatment, according to the West Virginia Poison Center. It had fielded 737 calls from people reporting symptoms of exposure to 4-methylcyclohexane methanol - an industrial chemical. As much as 19,0000litres leaked......

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