DENVER (AP) — Federal environmental officials say it’s too early to know whether heavy metals that spilled into a river from a Colorado mine pose a health risk.
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that water samples still are being tested but so far no hazard has been detected. The EPA says lead, arsenic and other heavy metals were found in the Animas River in Colorado after 1 million gallons of mustard-colored wastewater surged out of the mine.
The EPA says it has no way to get the discolored water out of the river and that it will eventually dissipate. It wasn’t clear when that will happen.
Officials say an EPA-led cleanup crew accidentally triggered the spill Wednesday.
The Animas flows from Colorado into New Mexico. Tests also were being done there, but results weren’t known.
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