WASHINGTON, D.C.—Following a massive Wall Street Journal investigative series that found more than 2,000 abandoned lead-sheathed telecom cables sitting in water or surface soil across the nation, several environmental groups have called on the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the potential hazards these cables pose to consumers and the environment.
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Below the Blue, and Clean Water Action said in a letter submitted to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan that more than 300 of these cables pose a threat to community drinking water sources.
