Guest guest Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 That's like how they declared the extremely toxic waste fluoride, the byproduct of aluminum smelting a product and put it in our water. On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:07:37 -0800 (PST) Frank <califpacific writes: > > > " luckypig " > Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:31:42 -0500 > WHERE DO THE TOXICS GO? > > > http://www.carlaemery.com/News.htm > > WHERE DO THE TOXICS GO? (excerpt) > > Loophole: > > TOXIC WASTES CAN BE DECLARED " PRODUCTS " > TOXIC WASTE LAWS NO LONGER APPLY > > Into the Road Tar-- > > A road worker told me that it was routine to mix toxic wastes > into road tar for the purpose of disposing of it. In Maine, I > encountered a community which was fighting this policy for > its local area. > > Into the Cement-- > > A pretzel company mechanic in Ohio told me that his plants' > toxic wastes (heavy metal powder, etc.) were handled by a toxic > waste specialist. He had toured the facilities of that company. > They told him they trucked the toxic wastes to Oklahoma where > they were mixed with the foundation material which would be > distributed to become cement. > > A lady told me that she and her husband had moved into a new > home which had bare cement basement and walls. She wanted > to know why she couldn't store food in the basement. She said > she put a bag of flour on the basement floor - and it developed > a really weird smell. She said that vegetables she put in the > basement rotted. It made me wonder if the toxics in the cement > might be a factor. I think that if they're going to put toxics into > house cement, people should at least be forewarned, better yet > given a choice whether they want that kind of cement or not. > > Into the Fertilizer-- > > Federal guidelines allow industrial producers of toxic wastes > to pay fertilizer producers to take the stuff off their hands > by mixing it in with the fertilizer they sell to farmers and > gardeners. Yes, you read that correctly. I heard about farmers > in Eastern Washington who developed severe health problems > and whose ground became poor for growing crops because of > toxics in Cenex bulk fertilizer which they had no warning was > there. I personally talked to an individual in Eastern Colorado > who had run into the same problem with Cenex fertilizer. > > In Maine, I heard that toxics also may turn up in bagged > fertilizer in garden stores. The lady told me it was supposed > to be on the label if the fertilizer had toxics in it. In Missouri, > > I met a lady who saw an ad for " black dirt " and ordered two > truckloads to be put on her garden. After delivery, she realized > that the " dirt " she had paid for was actually ground-up > municipal garbage, because it was full of tiny bits of ground-up > metal, glass, and plastic. (Obviously, you must now be more > careful than ever about what you allow onto your land.) > [ ed.note: I bought some bagged dirt at the store to plant > some veggies and herbs in, and it killed everything I put in it! ] > > Into the " Road Salt " -- > > Drinking beverages out of aluminum cans is a bad habit that > the public schools promote. Making the cans in the first place > consumes much electricity (usually made by coal burning). > Recycling them is a far more polluting industry. The waste > from aluminum can recycling is tons of salt laced with heavy > metals that were in the paint on the cans: lead, zinc, cadmium. > Formerly, the company had trouble finding places to stow > some 50 truckloads of this industrial waste. > > Not a problem any more. They sell the stuff as " road salt " > to counties and municipalities. It's the cheapest " road salt " > available, so their business is good. The waste water manager > of Grand Rapids, Michigan, told me that, because of this " road > salt, " the storm runoff in the city is now way out of EPA limits > for waste water--and a zillion times, or so, too toxic for drinking > water. > > The Seattle Times reported that Northwest Alloys, an ALCOA > subsidiary in Addy, Washington, recycled their smelter's > " hazardous waste " by means of a relationship with another > company which " sold it as a fertilizer and road de-icer. " It was > labeled as " CalMag " when sold as a fertilizer. When sold as a > de-icer, it was called " Road Clear. " ALCOA is said to have > saved more than $17 million in toxic disposal costs by this > deceitful method of disposal. > > (This situation came to light when an Oregon farmer's red > clover crop died after being " fertilized. " ) > > Loophole: Toxic Wastes Can Be Declared " Products " and > Toxic Waste Laws No Longer Apply! > > The Seattle Times, a major West-coast daily, did a 12-page > special on the subject of toxics turning into " products " such as > " fertilizer " and " road salt. " They titled it " Fear in the Fields. " > (Reprint available from Seattle Times, P.O. Box 70, Seattle, WA > 98111-0070, $1 for p & h. Or view the article on > http://www.seattletimes.com.) Clip.. > > --<<>>-- --<<<+>>>-- --<>----<>-- --<<<+>>>-- --<<>>-- > > TheMulti-DimensionalNewsPortal/ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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