Sometimes things just don't add up: Cost of classifying coal ash as hazardous could cost billions

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The EPA appears to be doing some advance damage control as it approaches a ruling on coal ash disposal. Word from on high is ash can still be set in concrete. "There seems to be genuine agreement that the use of coal ash in concrete and concrete-like products does not cause a threat to human health and the environment," EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson told the Woman's National Democratic Club, according to Dow Jones. "The threats associated with coal-ash waste are from leaching," she said, "which is not a problem from a concrete perspective." The EPA administrator appears to lay the blame on industry for its fears.