“The federal government announced this month that a West Virginia chemical company would be fined $11,000 for a spill earlier this year that poisoned the drinking water for 300,000 people in the state.

According to a citation document obtained by The Charleston Gazette, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hit Freedom Industries with a $7,000 fine for keeping chemicals in diked areas that were not “liquid tight.””* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from David Edwards / The Raw Story:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/08/wv-chemical-company-fined-11000-for-poisoning-300000-peoples-drinking-water/