Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: 1,000 Tons Of Polluted Fukushima Water Dumped In Sea [View all]Nihil
(13,508 posts)... a shitload less than the damage being done at this very moment in your own country
by something a lot less powerful than a typhoon:
>> You have 100, if not thousands, of wells underwater right now and we have no idea what
>> those wells are leaking, East Boulder County United spokesman Cliff Willmeng said
>> Monday. Its very clear they are leaking into the floodwaters though.
(http://www.democraticunderground.com/112754117)
>> "Our concern is that all of these sites contain various amounts of hazardous industrial wastes
>> that are now capable of spilling into the waterways and onto the agricultural land.
>> Many of these chemicals are carcinogenic, neurotoxic, and known disruptors of the human
>> endocrine system.
(http://www.democraticunderground.com/112754098)
>> There are over 20,000 oil and gas wells in Weld County alone,
>> Prior to the floods we knew that the oil and gas industry was left to police itself.
>> Now the rivers, agricultural zones and residences get to bear that decision.
(http://www.democraticunderground.com/112754098)
If people would just step away from their superstitions about "scary radiation" and
recognise the far larger problems around today, the world would be a lot better place.
As it is, the fossil fuel spokesmen/women are just pissing themselves laughing at
how TEPCO is being (rightfully) pilloried for their gross greedy incompetence while
NO-ONE does a damn thing about the historic & ongoing health damage from their
own fortune-building careers.