The chemical spill in West Virginia’s Elk River impacted 300,000 people. Fortunately, no one died as a result of the spill. That isn’t true of some recent environmental disasters, some of which continue to impact the surrounding area.
Sandy Smith is the former content director of EHS Today, and is currently the EHSQ content & community lead at Intelex Technologies Inc. She has written about occupational safety and health and environmental issues since 1990.
