OSHA officials admit to shredding documents in Tennessee Valley Authority coal

[Marlin]

   I did a job a couple of years ago cleaning up pond sludges and many of the workers had also worked this coal ash cleanup. Building trust took an awful lot of effort. It was a good crew and I made every effort to be transparent. They didn't lynch me so I guess I did ok.



OSHA officials admit to shredding documents in Tennessee Valley Authority coal ash case

They were working unprotected, secure in the knowledge they were safe because the Tennessee Valley Authority repeatedly told them so. But now, an alarm was raised: The coal ash was radioactive, and the workers were in grave danger, warned a complaint filed in February 2009 with the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration, which oversees workplace conditions.


https://tennesseelookout.com/2022/04/12/osha-officials-admit-to-shredding-documents-in-tennessee-valley-authority-coal-ash-case/



ANALYSIS SHOWS EXPOSURE TO ASH FROM TVA SPILL COULD HAVE 'SEVERE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS'


https://today.duke.edu/2009/01/tva.html#:~:text=Radium%20is%20a%20naturally%20occurring%20radioactive%20element%20that,which%20means%20exposure%20to%20it%20could%20cause%20cancer.

[peteshonkwiler]

So, you're talking TENORM here. What are the concentrations?

[Marlin]

So, you're talking TENORM here. What are the concentrations?

It's in the Duke article about the analysis they did of the spill. TENORM was double the typical coal ash and there were elevated chemicals including arsenic.