Chemical leak fouls drinking water in West Virginia

Officials in the American state of West Virginia are investigating a chemical leak that fouled drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people.

A leak from a chemical tank at the West Virginia American Water Company fouled the drinking water of thousands 2 Getty.jpg
Officials in the American state of West Virginia are investigating a chemical leak that fouled drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people.

Critics say the public health emergency exposed not only the vulnerability of the US water supply but the lax efforts in protecting it.

Washington correspondent John Stempin describes the spill to Kerri Worthington.

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