31 cities’ tap water has cancer-causing hexavalent chromium, study says

[zabster151]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theloo...using-chemical

[Tigershark]

Just another way the government is trying to get us to buy bottled water to help support the companies who fun thier campaigns.

[Flagg]

Tobacco, the Sun and Asbestos can also cause cancer....isn't going to stop people going outside and smoking though is it?

Im more concerned with water running out in the next 40 years then a supposed group of cackling meglomaniacs allegedly trying to make us buy bottled water

[D.Pump]

ya but everything technically gives you cancer so...

[zabster151]

ok, all because everything eles gives you cancer does not mean they can poisin are water and lie to us.

[Flagg]

Do you have any idea, how precious a finite source like water is? No one is poisoning any water.

I agree there is definitely same shady things going on, but PrisonPlanet is NOT a reliable source.

[zabster151]

Do you have any idea, how precious a finite source like water is? No one is poisoning any water.

I agree there is definitely same shady things going on, but PrisonPlanet is NOT a reliable source.

yes they are a reliable source. and what is reliable to you ? they poisoning are water you just are not smart enough to pay attention to the signs. let me guess you think building 7 fell all by it self.

[stack_it]

yes they are a reliable source. and what is reliable to you ? they poisoning are water you just are not smart enough to pay attention to the signs. let me guess you think building 7 fell all by it self.

Wow you sound like a grade A conspiracy theorist.

[zabster151]

Wow you sound like a grade A conspiracy theorist.

i would love to get your take on 9/11 i bet its real good

o yea, its not a conspiracy when there is truth behind it.

[Flagg]

yes they are a reliable source. and what is reliable to you ? they poisoning are water you just are not smart enough to pay attention to the signs. let me guess you think building 7 fell all by it self.

Don't pull that fvcking "you're opinion is different then mine which makes me smarter than you" shit on me.

911 has nothing to do with this argument, so you can drop the strawman argument right there.

Here are some facts that even you can comprehend, and i'll even provide credible sources for you.

Only 2.5% of all water resources is freshwater. That should tell you right there how valuable water is. Of that 2.5%, 70% of that figure is locked up in glaciers. Of the 30% we can access, 70% is used for agriculture alone.

Poisoning water is a form of water depletion. Do you have any idea how much money is required to purify wastewater? Tell me where the gain is in poisoning water. Did you know by 2030, it's predicted that large parts of China, India and Mid West America could potentially be faced with water shortages, due to more water being required and supplied agriculture, which is growing, to feed an ever growing population?

Sources
FAO, 2006. Livestock's long shadow: environmental issues and options. Food and Agricultural Organization, Rome

Forest Footprint Disclosure, 2009. Forest Footprint. [Online] Available at: http://www.forestdisclosure.com/page.asp?p=4722

H. Charles J. Godfray, John R. Beddington, Ian R. Crute, Lawrence Haddad, David Lawrence, James F. Muir, Jules Pretty, Sherman Robinson, Sandy M. Thomas and Camilla Toulmin, 2010. Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People. Science, 327(5967), pp. 812-818

Ilea, R, 2009. Intensive Livestock Farming: Global trends, Increased Environmental Concerns, and Ethical Solutions. Agricultural Environmental Ethics, 22, pp. 153-167


Those are credible sources. Agriculture is a fundamental part of society, not just for domestic use but for exported use. As population grows and nations become more affluent, so to will the agricultural industry grow and demand for water will rise.

Here is an indication of how much Agriculture, as a business, is worth in the USA alone: http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems/2...ag_value.shtml

235 Billion dollars a year as of 2004. for agricultural output.

If you can find something to counteract what ive said beyond that conspiracy website and name calling, then I welcome what you have to offer.

[zabster151]

Don't pull that fvcking "you're opinion is different then mine which makes me smarter than you" shit on me.

911 has nothing to do with this argument, so you can drop the strawman argument right there.

Here are some facts that even you can comprehend, and i'll even provide credible sources for you.

Only 2.5% of all water resources is freshwater. That should tell you right there how valuable water is. Of that 2.5%, 70% of that figure is locked up in glaciers. Of the 30% we can access, 70% is used for agriculture alone.



Poisoning water is a form of water depletion. Do you have any idea how much money is required to purify wastewater? Tell me where the gain is in poisoning water. Did you know by 2030, it's predicted that large parts of China, India and Mid West America could potentially be faced with water shortages, due to more water being required and supplied agriculture, which is growing, to feed an ever growing population?

Sources
FAO, 2006. Livestock's long shadow: environmental issues and options. Food and Agricultural Organization, Rome

Forest Footprint Disclosure, 2009. Forest Footprint. [Online] Available at: http://www.forestdisclosure.com/page.asp?p=4722

H. Charles J. Godfray, John R. Beddington, Ian R. Crute, Lawrence Haddad, David Lawrence, James F. Muir, Jules Pretty, Sherman Robinson, Sandy M. Thomas and Camilla Toulmin, 2010. Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People. Science, 327(5967), pp. 812-818

Ilea, R, 2009. Intensive Livestock Farming: Global trends, Increased Environmental Concerns, and Ethical Solutions. Agricultural Environmental Ethics, 22, pp. 153-167


Those are credible sources. Agriculture is a fundamental part of society, not just for domestic use but for exported use. As population grows and nations become more affluent, so to will the agricultural industry grow and demand for water will rise.

Here is an indication of how much Agriculture, as a business, is worth in the USA alone: http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems/2...ag_value.shtml

235 Billion dollars a year as of 2004. for agricultural output.

If you can find something to counteract what ive said beyond that conspiracy website and name calling, then I welcome what you have to offer.

i could care less how much watter is on the planet frozen or not. the fact is that the watter we are given through water companies, is posined with lots of un needed chemicals especially fluoride. causes all typs of bone problems mental and tissue damage

so the reason i referenced 9/11 is because i am referring to your mind set on whats going on around you. if you think the water is perfectly clean and nothing is wrong. then you are probably one of those people who think 9/11 was done by terrorist. cant see truth but i seriously do not care because everyone in the US is retarded and deserves what they get. i do knot know why i post things to inform people of whats going on, i should just step aside and let fox abc nbc cnn discovery channel tlc history channel, keep brainwashing everyone, enjoy so keep drinking the crystal clean fluoride water and geneticly alterd foods and highly contaminated meats.

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/...136195&catid=2

[zabster151]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiK_R...mbedded#at=286

[Flagg]

I can't tell if you are patronising me or completely missing my point.

I KNOW that media spins everything.
I KNOW that the US and UK went to Iraq and Afghanistan on a lie, and yes I do want us out. And no, I don't agree with civilians being killed.
I KNOW there is a lot of shady shit that goes on, but not everything has a sinister motive.

I will say though that im glad that Wikileak thing got made public knowledge, even if it made the stupid masses forget about Jersey Shore and X Factor for all of 5 minutes.

The truth hurts? Yes it does. If it transpired that 9/11 was truly an inside job, America would drown in blood.

[zabster151]

I can't tell if you are patronising me or completely missing my point.

I KNOW that media spins everything. correct
I KNOW that the US and UK went to Iraq and Afghanistan on a lie, and yes I do want us out. And no, I don't agree with civilians being killed.good
I KNOW there is a lot of shady shit that goes on, but not everything has a sinister motive.agreed

I will say though that im glad that Wikileak thing got made public knowledge, even if it made the stupid masses forget about Jersey Shore and X Factor for all of 5 minutes.

The truth hurts? Yes it does. If it transpired that 9/11 was truly an inside job, America would drown in blood.

i think it would be good for are country to know the truth because. we have lots of people called crazy who correct about whats going on and many other reasons it would be good. these Fuc#ing morons who only know sport/tv shows and shoot towel heads. need to be sent in there place and know that they are wrong. because they think people like me do not care about are troops dying for America, when in fact i do care.if are country was being attacked i would be with the first ppl to sign up and defend are nation. but i will not die for an oil/opium driven war and kill civilians.

[SlimmerMe]

Zabster... a play you might enjoy reading is: "Enemy of the People" by Ibsen. When the play came out ( I think around 100 years ago) it was very controversial. Steve McQueen I am pretty sure, shot the film version but they canned it; again, I am not certain of this but think it was never released in the states...maybe another country.

Anyway....get a copy of the play. You will enjoy it.

[zimmy]

lol...another reason why texas rocks :P Dallas was tested...and what do you know...not a problem ::P