Ben Carson Visiting Colorado To See Mine That Spilled Waste

DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is visiting Colorado to see the aftermath of the mining wastewater spill in the Animas River.
Carson says he’ll be in Durango on Tuesday to address the 3 million gallon spill and the failures of the Environmental Protection Agency.
An EPA-supervised crew doing investigation work at the Gold King Mine triggered the spill on Aug. 5. The spill temporarily closed the river to recreation and farmers stopped taking water fr