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Map: How toxic spills impact communities

Here is a look at some recent incidents and the health warnings they come with.
A worker with the West Virginia department of General Services flushes the water as he opens a rest room on the first floor of the State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Jan. 13, 2014.
A worker with the West Virginia department of General Services flushes the water as he opens a rest room on the first floor of the State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Jan. 13, 2014.

In Eden, N.C., a retired coal-ash disposal site has leaked into nearby Dan River twice this month, spilling thousands of tons of toxic sludge when a 48-inch pipe broke on Feb. 2.

This comes a month after the Elk River spill in West Virginia left 300,000 residents without clean drinking water.

Here is a look at some recent incidents and the health warnings they come with.