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Re: The Limits To Growth



On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, charliew wrote:

> In article <58k7f0$l2d@news.pinc.com>,
>    ckinkaid@pinc.com (Cheryl Kinkaid) wrote:
> (Big cut)
> >The trouble is that pollution is usually OUTSIDE the refinery. That's
> >what "pollution" means. Inside (refineries, automobile gas tanks, etc)
> >is where the stuff is meant to be; it isn't meant to be in rivers, on
> >beaches, in people's lungs, etc.
> >
> It usually isn't in rivers or on beaches in the U.S. of today, unless there 
> is some type of accident.  
Hmmmmmm.....I suppose decreases in aquatic flora and fauna in American 
streams is based upon their decisions to leave the river and live in the 
suburbs? Come on, as long as people think they can dump anything dirtier 
than pristine non-chlorinated drinking water into America's watersheds, 
then we will see species loss.  

p.s. You obviously don't live in Ohio.   States in the industrial belt 
which continue to be industrialized have some of the worst water quality 
in the country, mostly because the U.S. government regulates businesses 
in how fast they can poison other people and animals, and not whether 
they should be doing it in the first place.

I don't have the figures on my, but they are easily available.  
Basically, thousands or maybe millions of gallons of chemicals are dumped 
in American rivers throughout the year.

Toby Reiter




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