Another chemical was found in the Elk River after the massive spill that happened Jan. 9
and led to a several-day water usage ban for more than 100,000 West Virginia
American Water customers in parts of nine counties.
The chemical
is called PPH and is used in conjunction with the MCHM that already had been
identified. MCHM is used to clean coal, and PPH makes it even more fluid.
State
Homeland Security officials learned the information Tuesday morning after
Freedom Industries, the company responsible for the leak, handed over some
documents.
The chemical
has not been detected in tests that have been conducted by the U.S. National
Guard.
Gov. Earl Ray
Tomblin's staff is still waiting to get information from the Centers for
Disease Control.
At this
point, officials say no new water bans or restrictions have been put into place
as a result of this new information.
