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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

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!