One Response to “walkerwater.pdf”

1. David Huie Green on January 12th, 2010 6:53 pm

   I looked at Larry’s pdf (almost sounds vulgar, doesn’t it?) Quoted and commented on a few statements.

   One of the interesting ideas I’ve read from others over time has been that every substance should be regulated. As it is, if a thing is not considered harmful, there is no regulation regarding it’s existence. some want to regulate just for the sake of regulation even if no known reason to worry or reduce.

   Some people (who are not Larry) believe money should be spent to regulate and reduce harmless substances under the philosophy that there ARE no harmless substances.(unless they are bought on the street corner, i guess) It seems they think they should tell you how to spend your money by raising your expenses for your own good.

   Anyway:

   “Four contaminants were found at levels below legal limits but above health guidelines”
   Restated: We’d rather you didn’t get that high but it isn’t unhealthy if you do.

   “Forty-one contaminants were found at levels below both legal limits
   and health guidelines”
   Restated: We found some but at levels nobody actually interested in human health minds.

   “Fifty-six contaminants were tested for but not found at all”
   Restated: We looked but ‘taint thar. We KNOW this is NOT a problem..

   “of the 45 contaminants for which ECUA is cited, 17 were detected three times or less in five years of testing.”
   Restated: Even though they weren’t considered dangerous to health even over long term, they only showed up 3 or fewer times the 74,897 times we tested for them.

   “It may be noted that three of the four highest-level contaminants in
   ECUA water are naturally occurring ingredients.”
   Which is to say, they were not put there by evil businessmen trying to kill us all for money, but have always been there and will always be there.

   “Selenium is a naturally occurring element that contaminates
   water due to mining, petroleum refining, coal ash from coal-burning
   power plants, and irrigation of arid farmland soils high in selenium”
   Remember the advertisements in which the multivitamin brags it has selenium? One man’s pollutant is another man’s vitamin pill.

   Even when lead shows up, it tends to be because the Chinese plumbing fixtures leached lead into your water. Contrast this with Chicago which up until recently REQUIRED lead pipes coming into every house. (not that I have anything against Chicago)