Monday, August 4, 2014

Blooming Algae!

      Over the weekend officials in Toledo, Ohio issued a Do-Not-Drink H20 Order. National TV news attributed the ban to an algae bloom in Lake Eire, from whence the city's water hails. Some news sources pointed out boiling it only intensified the problem. National Public Radio, at least, also informed us, what caused the algae bloom: nutrient runoff from local farms, which, when warmer temps occur, stimulates the growth of algae..

Critical eye would like to know how long this society can condone unsustainable farming that taints the drinking water of whole cities. Some rural residents, drinking beer on my patio this weekend, saying they can hardly sit in their own yards, for the flies generated by a local beef operations. We suppose the answer to that will be beef confinement operations!

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