🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <rdippold.697703887@cancun> rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>Because when it dumps right next to shore, all of it washes up on the
>beaches, where it's harmful to humans.  Where they dump it a few miles
>out, it stays there or goes out because of the currents in that area.
>It's nothing that's toxic to the environment, it's toxic to humans.
>It's treated waste that still includes bacteria and viruses harmful to
>humans.  It takes some time to die.

So why is it that the levels of bacteria, toxins, and heavy metals continue
to rise in fish and shellfish taken from the ocean? As a community, we really
aren't much better than a third-world country - I guess we strain out the
lumps at least. I don't usually take a dump on my food before I eat it,
though.

>If you want to pay for it, feel free to start a fund.

Oh, Christ, every podunk city in America has put secondary treatment into 
place. San Diego is hardly a "poor" city, and should have cleaned up its
act years ago.


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