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Posts Tagged ‘types of water pollution’
Poisoned Waters - A Documentary Worth Watching
Thursday, April 16th, 2009We see a couple commercials on the TV about some corporation that’s involved in an eco-friendly project and our conscious sets at ease. The mindset becomes, “we’re on the right environmental path, we’re starting to make change.” The stark reality is that it’s going to take much more for us to right these wrongs as we are still on an environmental downward trend in the US and even more so in developing countries. While we each have our own part to play in this life, and some may be able help turn the tide more than others, it’s imperative that we at least all fully understand the severe ramifications of our choices and actions.Â
Below are promotional clips from an upcoming PBS documentary called Poisoned Waters that is looking like a must see presentation on the environmental impacts of water pollution. It runs for 2 hours and debuts on PBS this upcoming Tuesday, April 21st at 9PM. It will also be available on the PBS website in it’s entirety after the premiere.
Indianapolis - Polluted River Water, Pt’s 1 & 2
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008A water treatment plant in Indianapolis has been dumping sewage overflow into the White River for over 40 years now. This is a river that people swim and fish in…even though there are warning signs posted. Pay attention to the amount of E-Coli they find from a river sample.
It makes you wonder how much of this contaminated water made it into the water supply of the downstream popuation over these 40 years. What seeped into the well water systems? Was it filtered out in some way? I’d be real interested to see illness or cancer rates across this potentially affected population to look for correlations. Environmentally speaking, this is just sad.
