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Is West Virginia's water crisis a wake-up call?

Hello again, I'm Arn Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

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For five days, 300,000 West Virginians were told, don't drink the water, cook with it, shower,

bathe the baby, or wash your clothes. Levels of a chemical that leaked into the water supply

are finally being reduced, but nobody yet knows how much danger it's posing to public health.

It's one of thousands of chemicals never tested for safety.

It's used in the coal industry, driver of West Virginia's economy. The industry and its supporters

attack EPA regulations as a war against coal. Could regulatory enforcement have prevented the spill?

Today's talking point, a legal blow to net neutrality. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, I'm on me back with To the Point. Charleston, the capital city of West Virginia, has been virtually shut down because of a

chemical leak in the water supply. As the chemical is being flushed from the system, the scariest thing

isn't what's known about the danger to public health, but what's not known? Are regulators doing their

best to find out? Today's talking point, a court ruling may lead to higher costs for Google and

Facebook and Facebook and

Netflix and other internet services. Could the FCC help consumers without stirring up a political

firestorm? First is news update. For the third time in three years, more than 52 million

Egyptian voters have been asked to approve a new constitution. Polling stations are now closed

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