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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 27 2007, 03:58 PM (1,204 Views) | |
| Killer Bee | Aug 2 2007, 12:16 AM Post #16 |
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This is pretty cool, but I have a question. Couldn't the fact that we've discovered a new more effective way to soak up heavy metals make some of the facilities which produce them less cautious about where and how they dump them? |
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| gay | Aug 2 2007, 10:17 AM Post #17 |
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Pfft, I doubt they can get "less cautius" as in just dumping it anywhere, since they do that already. I'm curius as to the effects of this gel on the human body, though, since it will have to be used in rivers and lakes etc where we get our food and water from |
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| Killer Bee | Aug 2 2007, 04:57 PM Post #18 |
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Really? I guess the following list of rules and regulations(geared mainly towards dumping of hazardous materials in the sea or Great Lakes) is just a figment of my e-imagination:
Now, with a discovery of this new material that has the ability to soak up heavy metals, will there continue to be concentrated efforts to keep laws in effect similar to these?
Which makes this stuff kind of pointless. What's next, throw regulations about dumping out and just fill the coastlines and Great Lakes with this gel to counter-effect contamination? |
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| gay | Aug 2 2007, 04:58 PM Post #19 |
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Well, not everyone obeys the law, and that's as far as I'm willing to go |
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| Killer Bee | Aug 2 2007, 05:02 PM Post #20 |
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I imagine with the EPA breathing down your throat, you'd go further than that... Does it stop illegal dumping? No, not always. But, imagine how bad our environment would be without these kinds of laws and regulations. |
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| gay | Aug 2 2007, 05:12 PM Post #21 |
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dude, the world is not america, you haven't been to any of these places, instead relying only on a few documents and texts which describe the law, which, in actual fact, doesn't tell you all that much about how they're being obeyed. |
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| Killer Bee | Aug 2 2007, 05:16 PM Post #22 |
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DUDE, 1) how do you know where I've been or what I've seen 2) where exactley have YOU been. I'm not debating you on the whole fucking world, just the little space I live in. And facts are facts.... Also, don't get bent out of shape at me for ruining your shit. Deal with it. |
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| gay | Aug 2 2007, 05:21 PM Post #23 |
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All I'm saying is that this new technology would most likely be used in areas all over the world, and that america is just a small part of it, and a lot of those areas are developing countries, which care little for the environment now anyway, and so even if this gel makes a law that says you can now dump mercury anywhere, it wouldn't make much of a difference for those countries, and for developed countries like america, they wouldn't do this because they have little need to, since they don't need to make so many new factories to pump out heavy metals. |
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| Mister Sinister | Aug 2 2007, 05:33 PM Post #24 |
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Does Copper qualify as a heavy metal? I'm not chemistry savvy. But I don't think a gel foam could possibly be as harmful as the stuff they found in my county's water supply last month. Taken directly from my city water bill: All theses substances had a percentage behind it per x amount of water Fecal coliform- enough for upset stomach-diarhea Copper-16% Flouride-.068% A slew of chemicals including anything you can find in city run-off....anything. Most of which can cause anything from nausea to cancer And six different carcinogens KNOWN to cause cancer. So yes please, give me the fucking foam gel shit. |
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| DirkNL | Aug 2 2007, 05:38 PM Post #25 |
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Well, look at it from the bright side. At least your teeth will stay white. -Dirk |
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| gay | Aug 2 2007, 05:39 PM Post #26 |
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Well, copper is a (relatively) unreactive metal, although it forms oxides, it's probably not that harmful to your body compared to most other metals. But then, I don't think copper reacts to hydrochloric acid (I'm not sure, check it up somewhere), so in large enough amounts it will just stay in your stomach forever, unless it comes out the other end. |
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| Mister Sinister | Aug 2 2007, 05:41 PM Post #27 |
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Before or after the Flourosis? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_fluorosis |
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| Killer Bee | Aug 2 2007, 05:42 PM Post #28 |
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Hey, dipshit, this is what you said in an earlier post after I quoted some American regulations:
So, don't get all bent out of shape for me calling you out. Besides, where the fuck were you talking about in the first place...
Oreally? No, not satisfied, because I really don't give a shit. I guess you want a cookie or something.
Again, this was your statement:
So, maybe YOU were being vague. Where the fuck were you talking about? I gave you links about laws and regulations that PROVED YOUR LITTLE BITTER ASS WRONG, no matter where they were from, since you never specified.
I pretty much did. Now, if you want to be serious about this and carry on a real debate, I'll do it. But, if you want to continue being angry and sarcastic, I'll do that too. The ball's in your hands. |
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| DirkNL | Aug 2 2007, 05:44 PM Post #29 |
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Obviously before... and thanks for letting me know why people from the South are known for their bad dental health. It's the water! -Dirk |
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| gay | Aug 2 2007, 05:46 PM Post #30 |
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Uhh, your teeth won't rot off afterwards? |
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