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17-09-2003, 06:22 PM

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On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 02:10:04 GMT, "David Kendra"
wrote:

transpire the much less
toxic forms of the metal into the air where they are quickly diffused

Great! Let's dump the metal into the wider environment, shall we? This
is a misuse of resources and an attempt to provide a "fix it" approach
instead of tackling the problem at source.

I do hope you aren't british as it would show our education up as
distinctly lacking.

Do you ever give anything more than a moments thought?

The solution is to stop polluters from putting pollution into the
environment. In the case of polluted land, the polluter must pay to
remove the contaminants from the soil, not allow it to be "diffused"
into the atmosphere!

1) What are you going to do about the large areas of (severe) heavy
metal pollution left in the UK by the Romans?

2) Have you ever considered that with heavy metal containing baserocks,
the area around a mine may well have been 'polluted' before any mining
took place?

3) Large areas of the UK midlands have levels of nickel well above the
maximum allowed for sewage sludge use. Why? Because they are derived
from ironstone.

4) Large areas of wales have levels of copper such that the swedes, if
torsten is to be believed, would consider them as 'toxic'.

5) I trust that you use no copper anywhere in your house, for fear of
contributing to this pollution.

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Oz
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