W. Virginia Water Burns Woman's Leg (PHOTO)

Water in the West Virginia chemical leak area burned a woman’s leg when he showered, according to WSAZ on Facebook.

The West Virginia CNN affiliate WSAZ, that posted the photo of the burned leg, is asking if anyone else has experienced the same thing.

While residents on some zones were given the OK to again use bath water after flushing their tanks, they needed to have flushed their entire plumbing system, at least. Even that would probably not work on first or even second attempt, according to scientists speaking under anonymity with this author.

Reliable information on health and safety of Crude MCHM is unavailable, as officials admit, so it is questionable that they are giving an all-clear to anyone in the affected area.

One thing publicly know about Crude MCHM, is that it is not very water soluble. This might make it extremely difficult to adequately flush from home water systems using plain water.

Suffering in West Virginia water is nothing new to some residents, they say.

“My youngest daughter had this to some degree after every bath in WV,” says a WSAZ commenter, adding that the burns went away. She moved to another state after six years of water burns.

Another resident, Joe Ball, who lives near Freedom Industries’ facility, also commented on the burns.

“[I] lived about 2 miles by air from the tank. I have had this problem though not as severe for over a year. I have also played ‘whats that stink?’ when i go outside for over a year.”

It is unknown how many people have been injured by the mystery chemical, recently or over past years.

NOTE: If you or someone you know has had similar health complaints, Deborah Dupre welcomes an email at the most secure email service available to the public: [email protected]

Corrections: This original article included, “The U.S. Navy laboratory at Norfolk Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va., reported on the chemical crisis that the only acceptable level of the chemical in any oral form is less than 0.057 ppm, less than 1/16th amount that Governor Tomblin had said was an acceptable level.” The source of this, related to the Navy, is unverifiable as it appears to have been deleted from the original source. The author extends apologies and will update readers on the Navy report if verified information is provided to her. The article also referred to the photo being of a man’s leg. It is a photo of woman’s leg.