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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on May 12, 2012, 07:08:31 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/11591283
Oh my.
Javaman (36,731 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
Sipping From the Garden Hose? Think Again.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/sipping-from-the-garden-hose-think-again/
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Last week the Ecology Center, a nonprofit environmental organization based in Ann Arbor, Mich., that reviews consumer products, released a study at the Web site HealthyStuff.org on potentially hazardous chemicals in gardening tools.
The group tested nearly 200 gardening products, including hoses, gloves, kneeling pads and tools, for lead, cadmium, bromine, chlorine, phthalates and bisphenol A. Over all, they found that two-thirds of the products tested contained levels of one or more chemicals in excess of standards set for other consumer products.
For example, 30 percent of all products tested contained lead exceeding the Consumer Product Safety Commission‘s standard of 100 parts per million for children’s products.
“Hoses and garden tools are obviously not classified as children’s products,†said Jeff Gearhart, who led the research for the Ecology Center. “But kids are still going to be playing with them. I know I drank out of a hose all summer when I was growing up. What kid doesn’t?â€
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mopinko (37,976 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
1. i smell a market.
still drinking from the hose, tho.
Curmudgeoness (7,023 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
3. I find it hard to worry about this.
For the most part, the water coming out of the hose will have been free-flowing for a while before you take a drink....now maybe if you leave water in the hose for a week in the hot sun, then drink that water, you might have a problem---but who does that???
Joe Shlabotnik (974 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
4. Ask any outdoor labourer, heat stroke or trace amount of lead? Pass the garden hose please!
hedgehog (26,879 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
5. How many people water their vegetable garden
USING A GARDEN HOSE!
Another possible problem - products that spray on to your car or garden using an attachment from the garden hose. Make sure you're not using a cheap knock-off that will allow the pesticide or detergent or whatever to backflow into your or your neighbor's pipes!
bayareaboy (230 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
6. I love great big ...
Garden slugs coming out of my hose.
On the other hand a garden hose works when it is hot.
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I remember that Penn & Teller show where they ran blind taste tests on bottled water and water from a garden hose in fancy bottles.
Not one person could tell the difference.
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I remember that Penn & Teller show where they ran blind taste tests on bottled water and water from a garden hose in fancy bottles.
Not one person could tell the difference.
I believe it.
I could never figure out why that fad developed.
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I believe it.
I could never figure out why that fad developed.
It's just a lot easier to grab a bottle and go, it convenience more then anything.
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It's just a lot easier to grab a bottle and go, it convenience more then anything.
No drinking fountains in the big cities?
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Sipping from the garden hose was a part of growing up. I did it all the time in the summer in Wisconsin. I'm not dead.
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No drinking fountains in the big cities?
It all depends where you are. I take bottled water with me every where I go. It's an addiction. If I don't have a water in one hand, I feel lost and dehydrated.
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No drinking fountains in the big cities?
I can tell you (at least around here) the answer is 'not anymore' - nearly every park that had a drinking fountain has had it either capped or removed. With that being said, If I find I am hungry & thirsty, a quick stop into nearly any 'evil fast food joint' can get you a paper cup of ice water for free -or a nominal charge at the most.
So, Ill spend a dollar, and get a chicken sandwich or a burger or a hot dog and a cup of ice water. Because the 'evil 1% corporations' seem to cover an omission by the 'good taxpayer funded public service' - Namely free water. Funny the way that works, isn't it ?
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I can tell you (at least around here) the answer is 'not anymore' - nearly every park that had a drinking fountain has had it either capped or removed.
Yeah, I guess that's true, from what I remember of Allentown, Pennsylvania and Fairlawn, New Jersey.
But I do recall seeing operating water fountains inside Grand Central Terminal in New York City, and if one's out-and-about in the New York City area, what's to stop them from going to Grand Central station if they're thirsty?
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Yeah, I guess that's true, from what I remember of Allentown, Pennsylvania and Fairlawn, New Jersey.
But I do recall seeing operating water fountains inside Grand Central Terminal in New York City, and if one's out-and-about in the New York City area, what's to stop them from going to Grand Central station if they're thirsty?
I'm sure one can stop into banks, government buildings, hotel lobbies, etc etc etc and grab a sip or two from those fountains - but the ones that were specifically made for use by anyone at anytime are mostly gone.
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I'm sure one can stop into banks, government buildings, hotel lobbies, etc etc etc and grab a sip or two from those fountains - but the ones that were specifically made for use by anyone at anytime are mostly gone.
Actually, I'm joking. But only somewhat.
During the late 1980s, on my first trip to Boston, a friend and I were on Harvard Square on a hot summer day when I needed to unload the bladder.
I assume eateries in the area had restrooms.....for customers.
Well, neither of us wanted to spend any money at the moment--we were waiting for his wife to show up, after which we'd do that--and so I inquired about a public restroom.
Harvard Square's pretty big, but there was only one public restroom in the whole square, on the second floor of a faraway business. Unisex, I imagine, as all it had in it was a commode.
Tens of thousands of people pass through Harvard Square every day.
This friend, living in Massachusetts, had gone to the University of Nebraska the same time I had. He was always boasting about the "superiority" of Massachusetts over Nebraska, though.
No way. Out here in Nebraska, we take care of visitors; public restrooms all over the place.
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There's certain public water fountains I would drink from because I know the type of people who frequent that area, but in most cases there's way too many dimwits out there who put their mouth on it and who knows what else. No thanks.
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The small Central Park downtown still has drinking fountains and most of the neighborhood parks that have baseball diamonds still have drinking fountains . This is a small hicktown, though.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40937690@N07/4405682906/
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In the summer, I used to run late at night, after sunset, to avoid the sun beating down. 8 to 10 miles a night 4 to 6 nights a week. It wasn't terrible cooler a lot of nights, and it seemed the humidity actually went up. I had to hydrate, so I found mainly businesses closed after normal work hours, or even still open, that had outlets on the side or back of the building. I had no trouble helping myself to a sip here and there. Sometimes I even would find lawn sprinklers on, and drank to rehydrate. No problem whatsoever.
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Just askin'
Take a look at bottled water.
Is there an "expiration date"?
Consider that.
:whatever:
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I would think that licking windows would be more detrimental to your health than drinking water from a garden hose. We already know what it does to your mental health.
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Infrequent, incidental exposure to trace amounts of heavy metals isn't going to do a damned thing to you, it becomes a problem when it is sustained exposure.
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Sometimes I like the convenience of a bottle of water.
We've got maybe four or five of them around here that have been rinsed out and refilled dozens of times.
But I think it's sad and kind of comical when I see people buying those huge cases of bottled water.
To me, it's as silly as worrying about chemtrails.
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hedgehog (26,879 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
5. How many people water their vegetable garden
USING A GARDEN HOSE!
Another possible problem - products that spray on to your car or garden using an attachment from the garden hose. Make sure you're not using a cheap knock-off that will allow the pesticide or detergent or whatever to backflow into your or your neighbor's pipes!
Not a F**king clue as to how modern plumbing works.
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No drinking fountains in the big cities?
I live in the suburbs and I can't think of the last time I saw a drinking fountain.
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I live in the suburbs and I can't think of the last time I saw a drinking fountain.
Little Johnny horse playing breaks a tooth....$$$$$$ million dollar lawsuit.
Call me crazy but that enters into the equation and is to many times the deciding factor in far to many public projects.
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The last time I saw a public drinking fountain around here was at a city park and it looked to be 30-40 years old.
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Not a F**king clue as to how modern plumbing works.
I know but like every other subject in the universe, the arrogance of their ignorance is astounding, A-S-T-O-U-N-D-I-N-G!
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I remember that Penn & Teller show where they ran blind taste tests on bottled water and water from a garden hose in fancy bottles.
Not one person could tell the difference.
At my office we used to have a load of water coolers in the various different offices with great big bottles on the top. Our Estates and Facilities people announced that they were going to switch to different coolers which use the tap water supplied to the site - this caused lots of numpties to bitch and moan about the change in water quality...until they were told that chemical testing undertaken before the changed showed that the standard tap water was actually purer than the bottled stuff.
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75% of municipalities bottle water. Even Steve Dawes should know what that means.
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75% of municipalities bottle water. Even Steve Dawes should know what that means.
THE STEVE DAWES ? socialist running in ward 1 Bellevue Nebraska. I understand there is a very informative site where locals can find all the true thoughts and feelings of candidate Steve Dawes . Let me think.. oh yea www.electstevedawes.com
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I've seen the time I've drank out of a filthy hoofprint and I was glad to get it.