Spill Endangers Drinking Water Along Ohio River
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NEW ALBANY, Ind. — Communities along the rain-swollen Ohio River took steps to protect drinking water supplies Thursday as a 15-mile-long chemical spill moved downstream. Officials said the spill occurred Wednesday at the ITAPCO Corp. plant in New Albany as workers were unloading toluene from a barge that was carrying the volatile, benzene-like solvent.
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