WhoaSlowDownMaurice [they/them, undecided] to the_dunk_tank • 2 years agoVery normal and admirable thoughts hereimagemessage-square40 fedilinkarrow-up176
arrow-up176imageVery normal and admirable thoughts hereWhoaSlowDownMaurice [they/them, undecided] to the_dunk_tank • 2 years agomessage-square40 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarecawsby [he/him]hexbear26·2 years agoTBH the Ohio River watershed is already fucked. Dredging the Ohio River to make fishing safe year round would take decades. At least 3-4 feet of contaminated sediment near places like Cincinatti. Everything from tanneries to refineries have dumped chemicals on that river. link
minus-squareZoomeristLeninist [comrade/them, she/her]hexbear8·2 years agoyeah but this is a mass release and burning of chlorinated hydrocarbons. even with how disastrously these factories are run, they dont dump halogenated compounds, OSHA still has a couple teeth. link
minus-squarecawsby [he/him]hexbear5·2 years agoThe stuff was dumped decades ago, and is already in the river. Eastman Kodak used to dump their used photodeveloper in the Ohio river all the way up until the end of the 60's. That is just one company. link
minus-squareZoomeristLeninist [comrade/them, she/her]hexbear5·2 years agogood point. its still horrific that were returning to 1960s levels of hazardous waste pollution link
TBH the Ohio River watershed is already fucked.
Dredging the Ohio River to make fishing safe year round would take decades. At least 3-4 feet of contaminated sediment near places like Cincinatti.
Everything from tanneries to refineries have dumped chemicals on that river.
yeah but this is a mass release and burning of chlorinated hydrocarbons. even with how disastrously these factories are run, they dont dump halogenated compounds, OSHA still has a couple teeth.
The stuff was dumped decades ago, and is already in the river.
Eastman Kodak used to dump their used photodeveloper in the Ohio river all the way up until the end of the 60's. That is just one company.
good point. its still horrific that were returning to 1960s levels of hazardous waste pollution