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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: GOBUCKS on August 23, 2009, 12:20:16 PM
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ensho (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-23-09 11:50 AM
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isn't it child abuse to feed mercury tainted fish to children?
Mercury found in every U.S. fish tested
A federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday found the toxic substance in every fish tested at nearly 300 streams across the country, a finding that underscores how widespread mercury pollution has become.
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Mercury can damage the nervous system and cause learning disabilities in developing fetuses and young children. The main source of the mercury, according to the researchers, is emissions from coal-fired power plants. The mercury rains down into waterways where natural processes convert it into methylmercury -- a form that allows the toxin to wind its way up the food chain into fish.
Some of the highest levels in fish were detected in the remote blackwater streams along the coasts of the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida and Louisiana where surrounding forests and wetlands help in the conversion.
Mercury was also detected in high concentrations in Western streams that drain areas mined for mercury and gold.
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isn't it?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6373944
The treehuggers Holy Grail: a pollutant that's present in everything.
The environuts first thought of testing for mercury in fish in the early 70s. Sure enough, they found it, and a
panicked alert was issued to stop eating fish from Lake Erie. Then a smartass scientist, maybe the father or grandfather
of a Lousy Freeper Troll, had the bright idea of testing some old fish. The oldest Lake Erie fish they found was in a museum
in Buffalo, New York, and had been preserved since 1901. When tested, it had slightly more mercury than the current fish.
Under their breath, the environuts said, "never mind".
But since mercury is omnipresent in miniscule traces, it's to this day one of their favorite red herrings.
ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-23-09 11:57 AM
2. Is it child abuse to have children around air polution, such as most motor vehicles?
Obviously the answer is yes. We must think about the Chillllldren!
dem629 (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-23-09 12:06 PM
5. I've been hearing that "10 years left" stuff since 1980.
I live on the coast, around a lot of independent fishermen. They love to talk about the end of seafood. It goes along with their "buy local shrimp!" bumper-stickers.
DUmmy demnumbers is a heretic.
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Isn't it child abuse to try to deny children one of God's most nutritious gifts in order to satisfy some wicked socialists need to control the lives of others?
I say *yes*.
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OK... Let's see if I understand this correctly.
Mecury in the enviroment is bad, but replacing every lightbulb in our houses with bulbs that contain mercury (thus putting more mercury into the enviroment) is good for the enviroment?
And they expect us to take them seriously? :mental:
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OK... Let's see if I understand this correctly.
Mecury in the enviroment is bad, but replacing every lightbulb in our houses with bulbs that contain mercury (thus putting more mercury into the enviroment) is good for the enviroment?
And they expect us to take them seriously? :mental:
You have to remember these are the same people who think electric cars will reduce our CO2 emissions. :-)
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You have to remember these are the same people who think electric cars will reduce our CO2 emissions. :-)
Everyone needs an electric car to reduce CO2, but don't you dare build any new electric power plants to reduce the added strain on the electric grid.
I love how they can't see the blatantly obvious!
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Everyone needs an electric car to reduce CO2, but don't you dare build any new electric power plants to reduce the added strain on the electric grid.
I love how they can't see the blatantly obvious!
Oh, they see it. It just can't be acknowledged. They also know that every aspect of socialism/liberalism is a complete failure waiting to be. They know this. Remember - liberalism is a mental illness.
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Everyone needs an electric car to reduce CO2, but don't you dare build any new electric power plants to reduce the added strain on the electric grid.
I love how they can't see the blatantly obvious!
If we all use batteries, we won't need electric power plants anymore.
DUmmy scientists at Algore's former internet lab are working on battery-powered recharging stations.
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Didn't this Libtard say the oceans would be dead like decades ago???
(http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/ted-danson-damages-tv-series-premiere-presented-by-sony-pictures-television-and-fx-productions-arrivals-LPR61b.jpg)
:thatsright: :whatever:
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Is there any damn thing these idiots don't want to ban or control? Is it any wonder who the f'n Fascists are?
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Didn't this Libtard say the oceans would be dead like decades ago???
(http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/ted-danson-damages-tv-series-premiere-presented-by-sony-pictures-television-and-fx-productions-arrivals-LPR61b.jpg)
:thatsright: :whatever:
Yep, but he also banged Whoopi Goldberg.
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Someone oughta tell the DUmmies that the "progressive" Canadians are sitting on over 3 MILLION POUNDS OF FROZEN LOBSTER TAILS that they don't want to sell because they can't get as much money as they want for them.
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Next thing you know they'll be telling us to live in hazmat suits because they found traces of uranium in all the soil they tested. :-)
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Someone oughta tell the DUmmies that the "progressive" Canadians are sitting on over 3 MILLION POUNDS OF FROZEN LOBSTER TAILS that they don't want to sell because they can't get as much money as they want for them.
Lobster tails are just too important to be controlled by for-profit companies.
We're all at the mercy of Big Lobster.
Someone needs to send this to Keef and the carpetmuncher.
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The VRWC R&D Dept. has been taking air samples from all over the planet, and has discovered that a significant percentage of the air we breathe contains Nitrogen, a substance known to be used by terrorists to make bombs. Therefore, we are issuing the following recommendation to all DUmmies: STOP BREATHING!
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The VRWC R&D Dept. has been taking air samples from all over the planet, and has discovered that a significant percentage of the air we breathe contains Nitrogen, a substance known to be used by terrorists to make bombs. Therefore, we are issuing the following recommendation to all DUmmies: STOP BREATHING!
It is also recommended that they avoid any contact with dihydrogen monoxide - That stuff is nasty.
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It is also recommended that they avoid any contact with dihydrogen monoxide - That stuff is nasty.
True dat, but the average DUmmie hasn't had contact with that stuff in years anyway.
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It is also recommended that they avoid any contact with dihydrogen monoxide - That stuff is nasty.
I wish that someone would cut off their air supply.
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It is also recommended that they avoid any contact with dihydrogen monoxide - That stuff is nasty.
HELL YES IT IS....huge whales take kingsize craps in it all the time.
SAVE THE SEAS
HARPOON A WHALE