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Old 01-11-2004, 07:48 PM
Hound Dog
 
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"Warren" wrote in message
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Hound Dog wrote:
Seems strange that we are poisoning our lands and waters so terribly, but
yet life expectancy keeps extending every year.


"Life expectancy" is the average age that a group of people under the same
conditions will live. In other words, no access to potable water would be
factored into the "life expectancy" of the people who have no access to
potable water. The life expectancy for those folks is not going up.


You, of course, have a source where your hypothesis can be proven!?

In any case where in the U.S.A. do we have a significant lack of potable
water?


Life expectancy is not going up for the wildlife exposed to polluted
water, either. In many cases, life expectancy has significantly been
reduced to the point of species extinction.


The main cause for the extension of wild animals is the encroachment of
civilization which reduces the habitat of the wildlife.


But if you don't think polluted water is harmful to someone's health, or
if you think that pollution simply doesn't exist, then you are a
delusional idiot. I'd like to invite you to move someplace where the tap
water has been polluted by run-off, and we'll sit by and see how it
affects your life expectancy.


I have no intent, nor do I know of anyone with the intent of moving to a
locale such as you espouse.

As a matter of fact, I am not even aware of anywhere in North America where
such conditions exist, do you?

Warren H.

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