Community | January 15, 2009 | 3 comments

In eastern Tennessee, the TVA spill turns the simple life toxic

source: http://www.nashvillescene.com/2009-01-15/news/in-eastern-tennessee-the-tva-spill-turns-the-s...

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Iron-gray sludge sucks at the soles of Terry Gupton's boots. It covers his hay and poisons the natural spring that has for years watered his herd of 100 or so Gelbvieh cattle. Around him are the carcasses of turtles, carp, gar, crappie and shad, their eye sockets vacant and their bodies desiccating in grass choked by a tidal wave of fly ash. The scent of putrefaction slips down his wife's throat.

"Even the buzzards won't touch it," says Sandy Gupton, a handsome, fine-boned woman. "I imagine once [the water] goes down the stench is going to be bad."
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