1 posted on
02/03/2011 5:34:34 PM PST by
neverdem
To: neverdem
I thought we fought this the first month Bush was in office. Oh, that was when Bush wanted to poison our drinking water.
2 posted on
02/03/2011 5:38:42 PM PST by
Bronzy
(We Remembered In November.)
To: neverdem
An iron-rich, porous material can remove arsenic from drinking water in under two hours, say Chinese scientists.Chinese also say, "We prut mateereeul wif ars-nic into pills. Sell as aneeemeeuh medcine in U.S. of A."
3 posted on
02/03/2011 5:39:13 PM PST by
MIchaelTArchangel
(Obama makes me miss Jimmah Cahtah!)
To: neverdem
4 posted on
02/03/2011 5:53:41 PM PST by
Myrddin
To: neverdem
Arsenic is notoriously toxic, proving fatal to the majority of living organisms in high doses. Elevated levels of arsenic in groundwater in countries such as Bangladesh pose a serious threat to human health. But traditional methods to remove the arsenic struggle to eliminate the more dominant arsenic ion, arsenite. Contrary to popular opinion, arsenic is an element, a natural material found in the soil almost everywhere -- to varying degrees. Check your periodic table for details.
"Industrial pollution" has nothing to do with it.
The Clinton administration arbitrarily reduced the standard for arsenic in water supplies from like 8 to 4 parts per billion. Despite there being any evidence that any American had suffered any damage whatsoever -- much less death -- from arsenic in the water supply.
As a consequence, several small towns in North Dakota and South Dakota had to completely re-work their water treatment plants -- at the cost of millions of dollars. Again, without any individual in those towns having ever suffered any ill effects attributable to arsenic.
While this finding could have a huge impact on public health in places like Bangladesh, its application is completely unneccessary in the USA -- unless some town in the Dakotas is in the market for a replacement water treatment plant.
The enviro-whackos will, of course, have a different opinion...
5 posted on
02/03/2011 5:54:58 PM PST by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
To: neverdem
I think UI remember seeing something in Houston about this.
6 posted on
02/03/2011 5:59:08 PM PST by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: neverdem
Broken red brick fragments work fine, as does running the water through a drum of rusty nails.
India has used this method for years.
7 posted on
02/03/2011 5:59:23 PM PST by
BwanaNdege
("a comeuppance is due the arrogant elites" - Charles Krauthammer)
To: neverdem
What kind of dumbsh!t wrote this article without mentioning that small trace amounts of arsenic are
required by the human metabolism?
Did they think only Oprah watchers were going to read this?
13 posted on
02/03/2011 6:21:00 PM PST by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
To: neverdem
What kind of dumbsh!t wrote this article without mentioning that small trace amounts of arsenic are
required by the human metabolism?
Did they think only Oprah watchers were going to read this?
14 posted on
02/03/2011 6:22:05 PM PST by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
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