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12-26-2014, 09:41 AM
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The wetland effect.
Scientists in California are experimenting with wetlands to help purify the water which runs off from the agriculture intensive land into drinking water sources.
There the high level of nitrates is a special concern.
It is heartening to note that there are folks out there who are still trying to keep drinking water clean.
Do not assume your drinking water meets acceptable standards.
http://america.aljazeera.com/article...urnstoxic.html
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12-26-2014, 11:27 AM
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Nothing like good old Capitalism at work. Make money raping the environment producing and using the poison. Then even more cleaning up the mess.........
When an average six year old would just say "why use the stuff in the first place?"
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12-26-2014, 11:31 AM
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The problem cited by the article is also particularly acute in the Chesapeake Bay.
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12-26-2014, 03:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by finnbow
The problem cited by the article is also particularly acute in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Our water comes from an artesian well but still comes from somewhere else. Cities around are having severe problems with lawn care and automotive chemicals getting into rain runoff contaminating the watershed. The local government pay little attention to the chemicals used by farms or the huge chicken and hog operations and their contamination of ground water.
Barney
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12-26-2014, 07:52 PM
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Jigsawed
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Here in New York there is strong activism about drinking water. Recently the
Governor was pushed by activists to ban fracking.
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12-26-2014, 07:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dondilion
Here in New York there is strong activism about drinking water. Recently the
Governor was pushed by activists to ban fracking.
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Successfully pushed.
John
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12-26-2014, 08:10 PM
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Jigsawed
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Oerets
The local government pay little attention to the chemicals used by farms or the huge chicken and hog operations and their contamination of ground water.
Barney
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What is frighten - as was indicated in the above article - Boiling the water has
little effect on some of the bad stuff.
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12-26-2014, 09:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dondilion
What is frighten - as was indicated in the above article - Boiling the water has
little effect on some of the bad stuff.
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Actually, in the case of nitrates, boiling increases the concentration.
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12-26-2014, 09:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Oerets
Our water comes from an artesian well but still comes from somewhere else. Cities around are having severe problems with lawn care and automotive chemicals getting into rain runoff contaminating the watershed. The local government pay little attention to the chemicals used by farms or the huge chicken and hog operations and their contamination of ground water.
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The Chesapeake's pollution can largely be traced to the huge poultry industry on Maryland Eastern Shore (e.g., Purdue), but poultry is a big, powerful industry and Americans have a soft spot in the hearts for farmers, even to their own detriment and even if the so-called farmers are large industrial operations.
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12-26-2014, 09:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by finnbow
The Chesapeake's pollution can largely be traced to the huge poultry industry on Maryland Eastern Shore (e.g., Purdue), but poultry is a big, powerful industry and Americans have a soft spot in the hearts for farmers, even to their own detriment and even if the so-called farmers are large industrial operations.
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But but the Hen Hotels are run by big corporations not the small guy any more.
The waste ponds and dead are a toxic mess poisoning us all. The day of the small family farm are long gone.
Barney
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