Brilliant PR: Toxic coal combustion wastes are transformed by words into residues, byproducts, and now marketable “products”.

EPA and coal-related industries are practicing magic… all they have to do is say a few words and it seems the entire regulatory scheme has changed, not to mention public perception. How did we go from a world where, just a few years ago, there were hearings to determine whether coal combustion waste should be regulated as a hazardous waste, to today where coal combustion wastes are being promoted as a *product*, ready to be mixed into the cement walls or carpet backings of your school, blended into the soil that grows our food, or used to build the highway embankments that you drive on?