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reply posted on 14-9-2005 @ 02:26 PM by loam
Originally posted by HowardRoark
Just to be clear, we seem to be talking about two separate issues here.


In my view, they are absolutely interelated....


The EPA has released some of the data from samples collected September 4 and 6th.

www.epa.gov...

I glanced through the data and frankly I didn’t see anything that was all that bad.


Again, did you read my post?

www.abovetopsecret.com...

The EPA's testing can hardly be considered despositive or scientific!


I don’t doubt that there will be areas, especially in the industrial sectors, that will have some lingering issues that will have to be dealt with, but I doubt that they will be any worse than the issues that they were dealing with before the hurricane.


On what scientific basis do you make that assertion? It is well settled that mere runoff contributes to the mobility of toxins. What do you think flood waters do in a city below sea level and with a high water table and having the level of toxins even you admit are aggregated in close proximity?


This in not a pristine wildlife preserve, this is a major shipping port and oil terminal with refineries all over the place, and it’s in Louisiana, a state not known for the quality of it’s environmental protection program.


And despite all of that, the surrounding area houses one of the largest fisheries and serves as a significant wintering ground for migratory birds....

Again, read my post and tell me if you TRUST the EPA?


[edit on 14-9-2005 by loam]


reply posted on 16-9-2005 @ 10:30 AM by warpboost
I just saw this story about the oil spills in New Orleans and how it's almost as much as the Exxon Valdez

www.msnbc.msn.com...


I wonder if this isn't worse than the Valdez because its spread out over numerous sites so it probably effects more area and will be harder to cleanup


reply posted on 16-9-2005 @ 01:22 PM by HowardRoark
Originally posted by warpboost
I just saw this story about the oil spills in New Orleans and how it's almost as much as the Exxon Valdez

www.msnbc.msn.com...


I wonder if this isn't worse than the Valdez because its spread out over numerous sites so it probably effects more area and will be harder to cleanup


Well the good news, according to that article, is that over 60 % of the oil has already been recovered or is contained waiting for recovery.

(it's better than nothing)


reply posted on 22-9-2005 @ 01:43 PM by HowardRoark
The EPA has released some additional sediment sample data

www.epa.gov...


For comparison, please take a look at New York’s background and clean up objectives for metals in soils. Note that this table lists the numbers in parts per million, therefore you have to multiply these numbers by 1000 to equal the parts per billion values reported in the EPA test results.
www.dec.state.ny.us...

If you bother to do this, you will see that the values for the various chemicals detected in the New Orleans sediments are generally at or marginally above the background levels for a typical urban area.

So far this is good news.
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