<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Frontline explores “Poisoned Waters” of Puget Sound, Chesapeake Bay]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-20-frontline-poisoned-waters/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:06:52 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-20-frontline-poisoned-waters/1 Governor: Democrat

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]]> Comment #2 by Clifford Wells http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-20-frontline-poisoned-waters/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:27:33 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-20-frontline-poisoned-waters/2 It is a point well taken that the some of the receiving water of the US continue to be plagued by wastewater treatment plant discharges, which add everything from nutrients to pharma compounds.  It is true that industral, urban, suburban, and farm point and on-point discharges continue to this day.  But we've come a long way from the days when pooh literally flowed into the tributaries, bays, and oceans.  You all probably don't even know what a paper mill really IS.

Despite all the gross stuff some guerilla-enviro TV show is going to tell you, vast strides have been made in many aspects, including Puget Sound and the Chesepeake.  Hypoxia continues to be an issue in some areas such as western Long Island Sound in the summer.  Power plants continue to be allowed to suck up baziliions of gallons of cooling waters, thus killing marine larvae and warming the waters.  But we're still fighting the good fight.

My point is that in many places, significant strides have been made to clean up the water and showing "how ugly it is" can be useful but also can backfire on our efforts.  My thinking is that 95 percent of the TV viewers will conclude that "government sucks" and won't help fight the good fight.  Once again, a crappy media experience from J-majors who simply don't know any better...

]]> It is a point well taken that the some of the receiving water of the US continue to be plagued by wastewater treatment plant discharges, which add everything from nutrients to pharma compounds.  It is true that industral, urban, suburban, and farm point and on-point discharges continue to this day.  But we've come a long way from the days when pooh literally flowed into the tributaries, bays, and oceans.  You all probably don't even know what a paper mill really IS.

Despite all the gross stuff some guerilla-enviro TV show is going to tell you, vast strides have been made in many aspects, including Puget Sound and the Chesepeake.  Hypoxia continues to be an issue in some areas such as western Long Island Sound in the summer.  Power plants continue to be allowed to suck up baziliions of gallons of cooling waters, thus killing marine larvae and warming the waters.  But we're still fighting the good fight.

My point is that in many places, significant strides have been made to clean up the water and showing "how ugly it is" can be useful but also can backfire on our efforts.  My thinking is that 95 percent of the TV viewers will conclude that "government sucks" and won't help fight the good fight.  Once again, a crappy media experience from J-majors who simply don't know any better...

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