any prognostication… if sea levels rise will the pollutants spread faster than cleanup can be accomplished?

the news IS a scoop, but the scoop is from the center for public integrity

(and h/t truthout!)

I don’t know what is causing the color of the polluted water. wish we knew what it was and how to make it go away.

i think a number of pollutants (and combinations) may cause a similar color.

blergh

jayt and Petro – thank you both.

solai, there is indeed an increase in birth defects of the anogenital region – one of the regions in our body where “endocrine disruptors” (chemical pollutants that mimic our natural hormones) have the greatest likelihood of causinng…well..disruption.

Some researchers link increased endocrine disruptors to both:

(a) increased rates of infertilty / reproductive abnormalities

(b) iincreasing rates of learning/behavioral disorders (perhaps most especially in boys)
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Learning disorders in boys? like Attention Deficit Disorder, Hyperactivity, lower than average IQ (I don’t care what the media says his IQ is) Dyslexia? Bush might be the first enviromentaly challenged President!

The tragic thing if you read that NYT account of the postal workers at the Brentwood Station in Washington was that one of them was begging for Antrhax treatment and being told for several days he couldn’t have gotten Anthrax because he didn’t inhale enough spores (not knowing that they didn’t know how many spores you might need to inhale). He knew what he had; was begging for treatment and couldn’t get it.

What gets really ironic, although anyone like that needs IV antibiotics from the quniolone group and very intensive pulmonary care, in big cities for a period of time right after that scare pharmacists couldn’t keep a stock of Cipro and the other members of its family. People were buying it in droves to stock up–including physicians. One pharmacist told me that physicians snapped it up. That group of drugs is known to build resistance in bugs very rapidly.

I’ve just been hoping that, as is often the case with those who think there’s no tomorrow to deal with, there’s much more resiliency and sheer size in the system that they have thought.

”one thing I’ve learned from ecology is that every niche is important.

In bringing change, some folks will focus on local action – some will focus on central power (state / Federal / WTO).

I see change coming most rapidly when those seeking change fiind the niche that best fits their situation, and then work for change while respecting and celebrating the work towards the same goal conducted in all the niches.

Hey – an ecological organizing model for eco-protection. What’s not to like?”

on the small town radio show here the talk lately has been whether to vote on a republican ballot to make national change (ronpaul fans) or to vote democratic to affect the sheriff and prosecutor offices locally……..

i call in to remind people that they have themselves talked about change in their own homes first.

you change yourself, then that affedts your family, that affects your neighbors, that affects your block, that affects your community, that affects your city, that affects your state, that affects your country……….

it is always most important to change yourself first, then you know where your convictions lay/lie, then you can influence what matters to you……….that’s how it happens………that’s how empowerment happens, and it may be someone else or some other thing that spurs/inspires it in you, but it still comes from you.

go get those epa reports people, they’re just waitin’ for you to read.