[Homestead] Excellent NYT editorial
Gene GeRue
genegerue at ruralize.com
Thu Dec 11 12:01:47 EST 2008
On Dec 11, 2008, at 9:55 AM, Cathy wrote:
> The source of New Orleans drinking water is, of course, the
> Mississippi
> River. Everything between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachians
> drains
> primarily into the Mississippi — including treated sewage water from
> two-thirds of the United States. That suggests that most
> concentrations of
> drugs found within the river's watershed region eventually will flow
> through
> New Orleans,
That is why there is a dead zone the size of New Jersey from the mouth
of the Mississippi out into the Gulf. Yuck!
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