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11. Trump rolled water regulations back to 1942 levels last term.

Thu Nov 21, 2024, 05:33 PM

Nov 21

He allowed corporations to dump their chemicals into the waters after Obama had enacted protections.

Whatever they find, it won’t matter because he’ll allow more pollution for profit.

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Mysterious chemical byproduct in U.S. tap water finally identified [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 21 OP

I'm sure RFK Jr. will take care of it. sinkingfeeling Nov 21 #1

He's probably going to outlaw water Farmer-Rick Nov 21 #10

Brawndo...it has what the body needs... Wounded Bear Nov 21 #17

It's official. Idiocracy. live love laugh Nov 21 #19

Everybody will have to get their drinking water straight from a creek, river or lake. tanyev Nov 21 #20

Watch out for them upstream beavers.. yorkster Nov 21 #21

Actually, I would not drink city water womanofthehills Nov 22 #40

My mother-in-law's well was far from any contamination. Igel Nov 22 #44

The FDA, USDA, HHS, EPA have two months to solve before this issue is swept under the carpet in 2025. C0RI0LANUS Nov 21 #2

Won't be swept. Might be used as excuse to stop fluoridation & maybe even chlorination. Might be neglected tho Bernardo de La Paz Nov 21 #3

Trump rolled water regulations back to 1942 levels last term. live love laugh Nov 21 #11

The US will soon again be Dicken's London or Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle." C0RI0LANUS Nov 21 #15

"Hell with the lid off", as was said about (IIRC) Bozeman MT, in the days of freely-polluting smelters. nt eppur_se_muova Nov 21 #18

Trump's America will gut the EPA, FDA, HHS, DOE, OSHA and the US will become India. C0RI0LANUS Nov 21 #23

This is how Pittsburgh looked about 100 years ago FakeNoose Nov 22 #43

Good grief. And here is an industrial zone in China eight years ago, possibly in Tang Shan. C0RI0LANUS Nov 23 #45

Our environmental protections have saved our cities, and most of our rural areas too FakeNoose Nov 23 #46

Great point. Thank you for that. Just think, GOP science is two months away. C0RI0LANUS Nov 21 #4

"mixture of chlorine and ammonia"? I'm not a scientist, JoseBalow Nov 21 #5

It makes chloramine, NH2Cl. Toxic, but unstable to long-term storage. eppur_se_muova Nov 21 #6

So it's OK to drink, but not to breathe? JoseBalow Nov 21 #7

As I said -- unstable. eppur_se_muova Nov 21 #8

Well, don't mix ammonia-containing cleaner and bleach or other chlorinating agents at home. eppur_se_muova Nov 21 #16

I think I'll stick to cleaning with vinegar :) JoseBalow Nov 21 #24

so vinegar isn't a chemical? Kali Nov 21 #31

I'm hoping it's harder to poison myself with it JoseBalow Nov 21 #34

Here is an answer from my chemist husband. yellow dahlia Nov 21 #9

Actually, it gives off chloramine and dichloramine, and sometime nitrogen trichloride (explosive liquid). eppur_se_muova Nov 21 #14

More from my geeky chemist husband - yellow dahlia Nov 21 #22

Yes, I think I may have been thinking of that JoseBalow Nov 21 #25

Our bodies also need cyanide in small amounts in order to keep us healthy. cstanleytech Nov 21 #29

I thought cyanide was a deadly poison JoseBalow Nov 21 #30

Deadly only if we take to much for our bodies to handle but that's true of many things. cstanleytech Nov 21 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author eppur_se_muova Nov 21 #12

*private well has entered the chat* eggplant Nov 21 #13

I hope there is no fracking nearby! JoseBalow Nov 21 #26

lol, nope. east coast rural, mostly dairy cows. eggplant Nov 21 #27

*Arsenic waves* speak easy Nov 22 #35

Thankfully, not an issue eggplant Nov 22 #38

My well water is excellent too - 240 deep womanofthehills Nov 22 #41

300' here. eggplant Nov 22 #42

Chlorine is correlated SidneyR Nov 21 #28

It is also something we need in the form of salt. cstanleytech Nov 21 #33

We know water from any municipal source here in the USA will kill any fish you put it in. Ligyron Nov 22 #36

We do? bagimin Nov 22 #37

Probably or using something to detoxify the chlorine and ammonia combo. Ligyron Nov 22 #39

What's in your Water? Oneear Nov 23 #47