August 15th has come and gone and the DEC’s proposed hydrilla treatment on the Croton River has still not happened. The village has promised to issue the DEC a permit for the treatment under the conditions that they move the treatment site further from the aquifer that supplies drinking water to NYC. The DEC is pushing back and… Continue reading DEC Hydrilla Project Update: Croton River Treatment Postponed & Deemed Likely to Fail
Category: Environmental Issues
Reblog: US EPA Pushing Huge Hike In Drinking Water Radioactivity
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Comment on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Notice: [Nonprotective Inaction ] “Guide for Drinking Water after a Radiological Incident” here: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0268 by 11.59 pm on 25 July 2016. From PEER.org: “For Immediate Release: Jun 07, 2016
EPA PUSHING HUGE HIKE IN DRINKING WATER RADIOACTIVITY Thousand-Fold Increase Following Fukushima-Type Incident –…
You Are What You Eat, and Lather, and Wear, and Wash, and…
Every time I shower or use a sink on the boat I live on, that “greywater” gets dumped directly overboard. As I inspect the ingredients on the back of the shampoos and dish soap, my eyes scan words that I can’t even begin to pronounce. I Google “methylaparaben,” and find that its a preservative (also used in… Continue reading You Are What You Eat, and Lather, and Wear, and Wash, and…
What Goes Around…
Just one quart of oil can contaminate up to a quarter million gallons of drinking water or cause an oil slick almost 2 acres in size. – Nevada Environmental Products & Services, LLC Oil slicks in the Hudson are a fairly common sight, but aren’t usually offenses by large corporations. Most oil spills I’ve seen… Continue reading What Goes Around…
Taking a Dip
When I was growing up in Cold Spring, New York, my friends and I would walk down to the river on humid, August afternoons and swim. We’d go in off the beach at Little Stony Point, or jump off the rocks near Garrison; one unbearably hot day we jumped off the pier at the waterfront and… Continue reading Taking a Dip
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