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I have to object...They're always blaming us Mafiosi for everything....I did have to laugh when the article says the EU is bringing charges against Italy, but are silent about where all the toxic waste is coming from-- the rest of Europe.....Those EU officials better be careful. The life expectancy of those who oppose organized crime in Italy tends to be short.
"I get no respect."-- Don Cor-- oh! Wait. That's Rodney. Dangerfield
The Italians have a long history of problems handling waste. ....The aqueducts were built because they had fouled the Tiber River so badly....long standing tradition of dumping victims in the river, and their sewer system (cf-- Cloaca Maxima) emptied directly into it. ....Maybe that's why they were the first to come up with concrete that would set under water for those famous cement overcoats?
And then there's Monte Testaccio-- Rome's "eighth hill," It was made of discarded oil amphora. They couldn't clean the residual oil out of the clay pottery walls so they couldn't reuse them. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Testaccio
While chemicals from Industrial spills can be detected at amazingly long distances, ground water from OH is going to wind up in the Gulf, and prevailing winds go west to east, so it's not very plausible that TX would get any from that particular spill.
Chem!cals disperse by an inverse square law, so they dilute very rapidly as they sp!read, so unless you're an eyewitness, so to speak, of a spill, you're probably safe.....There are no poisons, only poisonous doses for all chemicals. Even water and oxygen can reach toxic levels.
It's been 60 yrs since the Cayahoga River in Cleveland caught fire. "Pollution" is not the problem it used to be, and we're long past the point of diminishing returns in pollution regulation......Habitat loss dwarfs pollution as an environmental problem.
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I believe creepy is talking about actual waste, likely contaminated soil, being dug up and transported to Texas for disposal. Not environmental dispersion." but in this case the liquid, I heard it was transported to Texas for disposal.
Yes, I mean this "
I believe creepy is talking about actual waste, likely contaminated soil, being dug up and transported to Texas for disposal. Not environmental dispersion." but in this case the liquid, I heard it was transported to Texas for disposal.
The liquid waste would have to be treated (contaminated water) or recycled/conditioned for reuse (the actual product itself). There is what's referred to the "paint filter test." You put some of the waste into a paint filter and if any liquid drips out, it can't go into a landfill without further treatment. I had some waste put into "drum jail" until we figured out next steps and cost because the waste in the drums didn't past the filter test.
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I heard it was transported to Texas for disposal.
