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Post #4,136
by bepatient
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8/7/01 9:41:12 PM
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New Enviro-atrocities?
Arsenic occurs naturally in water. Certainly some activities may aggravate the problem...most notably mining...but it is a natural phenomenon.

the NaF "red herring" is generally NOT a natural occurrence. Absolutely not natural at the levels we inject.

So which is the atrocity?

Chlorination is another issue...because there hasn't been a disinfection method persistent enough to carry the water through distribution. That is definitely a problem of "at what cost"
Um...er...well...

I have no choice!

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Post #5,686
by CRConrad
8/17/01 5:40:28 PM
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New WTF does "natural phenomenon" have to do with anything?
Drowning in a muddy water hole, being burnt in a brushfire, getting crushed by a rockslide, or being killed and eaten by a tiger are all natural phenomena.

Houses, roads, dining tables and water closets are all distinctly artificial.

But you're going on about "natural occurrences" as if that in and of itself makes drowning and being burned, crushed, or eaten better than going down the road to your house, having dinner at a table, and later relieving yourself of it on a WC.

"Natural = good, artificial = bad"... "Four legs good, two legs better"?
   Christian R. Conrad
The Man Who Knows Fucking Everything
     Cheney to Congress- "You want energy docs? Bite me." - (DonRichards) - (58) - Aug. 6, 2001, 08:49:22 AM EDT
         And he's right. - (bepatient) - (57) - Aug. 6, 2001, 11:08:32 AM EDT
             Huh? - (mmoffitt) - (56) - Aug. 6, 2001, 11:40:05 AM EDT
                 ya mean like floride? :) -NT - (boxley) - Aug. 6, 2001, 11:57:07 AM EDT
                 I know of lots of communities - (bepatient) - (54) - Aug. 6, 2001, 12:17:23 PM EDT
                     My, we ARE shrill, aren't we? - (jb4) - (53) - Aug. 7, 2001, 09:59:37 AM EDT
                         Do me a favor, then. - (addison) - Aug. 7, 2001, 10:15:36 AM EDT
                         Work is underway? - (wharris2) - Aug. 7, 2001, 10:55:13 AM EDT
                         ROFL - (bepatient) - (50) - Aug. 7, 2001, 11:55:37 AM EDT
                             know all I need to know about floride - (boxley) - Aug. 7, 2001, 12:05:39 PM EDT
                             Whoopdedoo yerself! - (jb4) - (18) - Aug. 7, 2001, 01:50:40 PM EDT
                                 At some point, it *always* comes down to economics. - (addison) - (9) - Aug. 7, 2001, 03:21:17 PM EDT
                                     Reading comprehension IS a skill - (jb4) - (8) - Aug. 8, 2001, 09:46:54 AM EDT
                                         ..That you're lacking. - (addison) - Aug. 8, 2001, 11:42:43 AM EDT
                                         So... - (bepatient) - (6) - Aug. 8, 2001, 11:47:03 AM EDT
                                             Like I said: Reading Comprehension IS a skill... - (jb4) - (5) - Aug. 9, 2001, 02:03:16 PM EDT
                                                 And then you posted - (wharris2) - Aug. 9, 2001, 02:45:48 PM EDT
                                                 And reality is a bitch - (bepatient) - (3) - Aug. 9, 2001, 03:11:31 PM EDT
                                                     I'm sure that *proves* that - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 9, 2001, 08:16:52 PM EDT
                                                         Further research... - (bepatient) - (1) - Aug. 9, 2001, 11:18:45 PM EDT
                                                             Will agree: no remedy for punctilious bureaucracy exists.. -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 10, 2001, 12:03:16 AM EDT
                                 And still... - (bepatient) - Aug. 7, 2001, 04:26:22 PM EDT
                                 Arsenic may not be all bad. - (a6l6e6x) - (6) - Aug. 7, 2001, 08:49:16 PM EDT
                                     kfc secret ingredient as well as tobacco -NT - (boxley) - Aug. 7, 2001, 08:51:52 PM EDT
                                     Treated lumber - (admin) - Aug. 7, 2001, 09:29:32 PM EDT
                                     Have seen this, too - (jb4) - Aug. 8, 2001, 09:50:59 AM EDT
                                     BTW, I don't drink my deck! -NT - (jb4) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2001, 09:51:54 AM EDT
                                         Re: BTW, I don't drink my deck! - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2001, 05:14:41 PM EDT
                                             No, No, and No - (jb4) - Aug. 9, 2001, 02:13:50 PM EDT
                             Hey BP, speakin of throwaway cant phrases du jour.. - (Ashton) - (29) - Aug. 7, 2001, 04:34:40 PM EDT
                                 No Ash... - (bepatient) - (25) - Aug. 7, 2001, 05:21:55 PM EDT
                                     Re: No Ash... - (Fearless Freep) - Aug. 7, 2001, 05:30:08 PM EDT
                                     I'll buy the As argument.. just a tiny bit. - (Ashton) - (21) - Aug. 7, 2001, 06:34:50 PM EDT
                                         what is the loss of life due to banning ddt? - (boxley) - (20) - Aug. 7, 2001, 08:56:56 PM EDT
                                             Precisely the kind of question which homo-sap mangles - (Ashton) - (19) - Aug. 7, 2001, 09:31:13 PM EDT
                                                 Pure indulgence? No. - (admin) - (8) - Aug. 7, 2001, 09:35:49 PM EDT
                                                     Of course! legitimate need for... 10% of them ? - (Ashton) - (3) - Aug. 7, 2001, 10:10:37 PM EDT
                                                         shoot if a bank was ever stupid enough to lend me money - (boxley) - (2) - Aug. 7, 2001, 10:52:54 PM EDT
                                                             Sorry - Swedish Defence Research developed that in the 60's. - (CRConrad) - (1) - Aug. 17, 2001, 05:39:30 PM EDT
                                                                 you rat bassard! - (boxley) - Aug. 17, 2001, 06:32:44 PM EDT
                                                     OK, then...Someone explain to me the Cadillac Esplanade... - (jb4) - (3) - Aug. 8, 2001, 10:00:05 AM EDT
                                                         market share of the navigator :) - (boxley) - Aug. 8, 2001, 10:18:36 AM EDT
                                                         Didn't say it wasn't. - (admin) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2001, 04:16:04 PM EDT
                                                             Nahhh... just the 90%. -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 8, 2001, 05:04:37 PM EDT
                                                 Enviro-atrocities? - (bepatient) - (1) - Aug. 7, 2001, 09:41:12 PM EDT
                                                     WTF does "natural phenomenon" have to do with anything? - (CRConrad) - Aug. 17, 2001, 05:40:28 PM EDT
                                                 definition of envirowhore - (boxley) - Aug. 7, 2001, 09:52:43 PM EDT
                                                 Atrocities? Bah. - (imric) - (6) - Aug. 8, 2001, 08:29:47 AM EDT
                                                     I'd be impressed by a source like that.. - (Ashton) - (5) - Aug. 8, 2001, 05:19:07 PM EDT
                                                         It was... - (imric) - Aug. 8, 2001, 05:45:43 PM EDT
                                                         Science News story on DDT - (Another Scott) - (3) - Aug. 8, 2001, 08:49:22 PM EDT
                                                             *chuckle* OT, and waxing nostalgic... - (imric) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2001, 09:35:29 PM EDT
                                                                 heard similar anecdotes re: asbestos - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - Aug. 9, 2001, 02:05:58 AM EDT
                                                                     What's worse... - (imric) - Aug. 9, 2001, 08:27:12 AM EDT
                                     Re: No Ash... - (kelzer) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2001, 02:17:58 PM EDT
                                         Right. Life is an affliction ya don't get out of alive. -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 8, 2001, 05:24:36 PM EDT
                                 blockquote... - (jb4) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2001, 09:54:13 AM EDT
                                     Thanks. That'll let me stop using <i>italics</i> :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Aug. 8, 2001, 10:33:29 AM EDT
                                     Gracias, Oh Master of the thin blue line (vertical) -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 8, 2001, 05:27:17 PM EDT

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