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Toxic Toledo

gazelle77 — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 01:39:43 GMT

The problem stems mostly from farm runoff into the drinking supply water causing the overgrowth of the bloom. Seems like they allowed this to go on and they probably knew it was not a good thing for a long time. Now they have to pay the price. Those poor people living with bottled water for how long? Someone was not doing their environmental job to protect the drinking supply.... Rather late to wake up to the problem....

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herekitty_kitty — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 01:47:34 GMT

unfortunately too many people in charge aren't doing their jobs and no one is making them accountable.

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Lila Belle — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 02:13:31 GMT

How awful for them. I hope they can remedy the situation asap.

That's what the result of easing regulations will mean.

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Mominohio — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 02:18:50 GMT

This isn't unusual in this particular area of Lake Erie, but it most often doesn't affect the drinking water supplies. This particular circumstance just happened to affect an area that feeds water into the system for a rather large city and suburban area in that part of the state.

Hope everyone has been alert and aware of what is going on, as this can cause problems with the liver, so it is a little more than just an inconvenience.

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herekitty_kitty — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 02:23:35 GMT

On 8/3/2014 Lila Belle said:
How awful for them. I hope they can remedy the situation asap.

That's what the result of easing regulations will mean.

Agreed, this is what happens when we ease up on regulations and laws. They were put in place for a reason.

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Mom2Dogs — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 02:37:44 GMT

On 8/3/2014 gazelle77 said: The problem stems mostly from farm runoff into the drinking supply water causing the overgrowth of the bloom. Seems like they allowed this to go on and they probably knew it was not a good thing for a long time. Now they have to pay the price. Those poor people living with bottled water for how long? Someone was not doing their environmental job to protect the drinking supply.... Rather late to wake up to the problem....

How do you know they knew it had been going on for a long time...from what I read and heard on the news the alert went out as soon as they knew. The water is checked several times per day.

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gazelle77 — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 02:56:26 GMT

On 8/3/2014 momtodogs said:
On 8/3/2014 gazelle77 said: The problem stems mostly from farm runoff into the drinking supply water causing the overgrowth of the bloom. Seems like they allowed this to go on and they probably knew it was not a good thing for a long time. Now they have to pay the price. Those poor people living with bottled water for how long? Someone was not doing their environmental job to protect the drinking supply.... Rather late to wake up to the problem....

How do you know they knew it had been going on for a long time...from what I read and heard on the news the alert went out as soon as they knew. The water is checked several times per day.

The runoff into the water has been going on for a long time....

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Lipstickdiva — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 16:53:29 GMT

As of this morning, the water ban has been lifted.

This problem has been brewing for over a decade according to officials.

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gazelle77 — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:06:27 GMT

On 8/4/2014 LipstickDiva said:
As of this morning, the water ban has been lifted.

This problem has been brewing for over a decade according to officials.

A good wakeup call.... that could have been averted a decade ago if they stopped polluting their drinking water with farm runoff and instead DID SOMETHING TO FIX THE ISSUE.

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terrier3 — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:15:41 GMT

On 8/4/2014 gazelle77 said:
On 8/4/2014 LipstickDiva said:
As of this morning, the water ban has been lifted.

This problem has been brewing for over a decade according to officials.

A good wakeup call.... that could have been averted a decade ago if they stopped polluting their drinking water with farm runoff and instead DID SOMETHING TO FIX THE ISSUE.

Easier said than done.

The Great Lakes get the run off from thousands of tributaries...and then the Great Lakes drain from one to another...which is why Lake Ontario (the last downhill) lake is the most polluted (but also the deepest.) Lake Erie is pretty shallow along Ohio.

The fertilizer problem has increased exponentially with the rise in GMO corn, which is grown for bio-fuel. There are regulations in the EPA now to reduce the amount of ethanol in fuel to break the cycle. It is currently more lucrative for farmers to raise GMO corn for fuel. They get heavy subsidies for it - vs. raising wheat or other crops.

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moonstone dunes — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:20:39 GMT

This one sounds really bad because boiling the water just increases the toxins.

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JustJules — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:20:48 GMT

I would be both terrified and furious if I lived there. Nearly half a million people are affected by this, so far... and if it can happen there, it can happen anywhere. What are people to do if they cannot afford to purchase huge quantities of bottled water? I guess they wait for assistance. People that are "immune compromised" are not supposed to bathe or shower in this contaminated water, yet they tell people it is okay to wash your hands in it? We live in AMERICA, supposedly the greatest nation on earth, not some 3rd world country. How does this happen? Why does it happen? Where is our Congress?.... oh yeah, they are on vacation, probably somewhere not in Toledo. Think about it.

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terrier3 — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:54:47 GMT

On 8/4/2014 Jules5280 said:
I would be both terrified and furious if I lived there. Nearly half a million people are affected by this, so far... and if it can happen there, it can happen anywhere. What are people to do if they cannot afford to purchase huge quantities of bottled water? I guess they wait for assistance. People that are "immune compromised" are not supposed to bathe or shower in this contaminated water, yet they tell people it is okay to wash your hands in it? We live in AMERICA, supposedly the greatest nation on earth, not some 3rd world country. How does this happen? Why does it happen? Where is our Congress?.... oh yeah, they are on vacation, probably somewhere not in Toledo. Think about it.

They are on cruises around the world...yukking it up with their hosts from Monsanto!

This issue has been warned about and discussed for a LONG time. But Great Lakes water issues don't seem nearly as important as the water problems in CA, AZ and other states.
Until something really bad happens!

BTW - The EPA is going to have to use regulatory powers for this since this was ANOTHER issue that wasn't discussed to become a law.

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LilacTree — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:59:10 GMT

This is what happens when businesses and other institutions think they can run efficiently on 50% less employees. There's nobody on watch.

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NoelSeven — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 18:30:19 GMT

On 8/3/2014 herekitty_kitty said:
On 8/3/2014 Lila Belle said:
How awful for them. I hope they can remedy the situation asap.

That's what the result of easing regulations will mean.

Agreed, this is what happens when we ease up on regulations and laws. They were put in place for a reason.

We have to make protecting the earth a top priority.

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Cakers1 — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 18:35:18 GMT

The decline in attending to environmental issues is one of the top reasons other civilizations before us have failed.

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JustJules — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 18:36:51 GMT

On 8/4/2014 Cakers1 said:
The decline in attending to environmental issues is one of the top reasons other civilizations before us have failed.

We are supposed to learn from those that failed before us.... doesn't seem we have learned much.

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NoelSeven — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 18:44:52 GMT

There's a lot of denial going around... thinking fracking is fine and nothing is happening with climate change.

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JustJules — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 18:52:40 GMT

On 8/4/2014 NoelSeven said:
There's a lot of denial going around... thinking fracking is fine and nothing is happening with climate change.

There can be no denying, we are destroying the planet. It has existed for millions of years, it has survived.... but only since the industrial age has this earth seen so much destruction by humans. We will reap what we sow... well not us.. but our future generations.

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anisa — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 18:54:52 GMT

Leaders and lobbyists pushing for what big business/corporations want will be our destruction.