Aid Victims Of Animas River Spill

Citizens need your help. They have no water to bathe, drink or even feed thier livestock.

Private Lab Results , a Colorado based water testing company has started a GoFund Me campaign to purchase bottled water for the communities affected by the spill of toxic mine waste into the Animas River. People that have wells within 1 ½ miles of the river have been told not to use their water for drinking, cooking, or bathing.

Private Lab Results encourages Animas River communities in need to please contact them directly at [email redacted]. Private Lab Results, an independent water testing service that specializes in testing for heavy metals, toxins and poisons, has  started a GoFund Me campaign to raise money to buy water for those who are unable to use their city supplied water or their personal wells because of the contamination from the Animas River spill. The EPAs tragic blowout during the inspection of the Gold King Mine dumped three million gallons of toxic heavy metal laden water into the Animas River. The toxic plume now stretches for a hundred miles, flowing into the San Juan River and is moving toward Utah and Lake Powell. Tests show that levels of arsenic, lead, cadmium, copper, and zinc are well above safe usage levels. Some, like the case of the most dangerous-lead, are thousands of times over the EPAs safe usage limits. Along the way, cities and towns that use the river to obtain their drinking water have been forced to shut off their intake valves. Farmers cannot use the water for their livestock or to water their crops. Currently, the EPA is unable to tell residents of Colorado and New Mexico affected by the spill when they will be able to use their tap or well water. To donate please visit our Go Fund Me account . Private Lab Results encourages Animas River communities in need to please contact them directly at [email redacted].