Gold/water rush

[Shaner]

Originally Posted by BobMane

interesting read here:

https://www.hcn.org/issues/94/2910/print_view

I also talked to the lead PR person on the Superfund cleanup who confirmed and did not diminish the severity of the issues.

Considering I would tend to believe the Indians over a miner I am now not moving to greater CDL...I also talked to many long time residents and quite a few activists who are against and fighting the miners. the bottomline is there is gold and silver in the hills and the extraction of man has and continues to create pollution in the water tables and in the dirt around the region.

it really sucks as it is in so many ways a great area....people are certainty very cool..just cant deal with raising my kids in the shadows of the rape and pillage capitalists that pollute, destroy and deny.

What in the world are you talking about?? I don't know what long time residents you are talking about (maybe some people in Kellogg?) but my family has been here for over 100 years on a lakefront farm and while there was problems years ago, the lake is clean and fine now due to the efforts of the EPA (maybe a little excessive but they did the job). They continue work in Kellogg, but CDA Lake is fine. (I know because I am on it 4-5 days a week).

[BobMane]

It just may be OK but then again depending on who you talk to it may not. All I can do is go by the preponderance of data and opinions...of course I dont actually know. Seems to be a split poll at best. Even Lake Pend is said to be affected by some...and there are mining companies trying there darnedest to open up new mines in ID and NW Montana. http://www.rockcreekalliance.org/ind.../mine-overview

also the remediation was in yards and some public spaces (putting plastic on the ground and burying it 1 foot down) but it was not done in the hills / paths / wherever else.....epa advises to clean all dirt off if you come in contact. http://www.epa.gov/region10/pdf/site...chure_2013.pdf

given the tendency is always to downplay our effect and effects on the planet. doesn't sound like a good risk to me.

[BobMane]

of course mining isn't the only industry

Our Most Polluted States


#3, St. Maries, Idaho
St. Maries Creosote
Acres: 5
Population: 5,000
Toxic chemicals: 19
History: Around Christmastime 1998, consultants visiting the site noticed something strange on the St. Joe River—the water appeared oily, shiny—and soil on the riverbank was severely stained. Bull trout use the river for migration, and the water has been used for drinking water, irrigation, and livestock water. The slick turned out to be creosote, a flammable compound concocted from wood tar, which was used for 26 years on the site to treat wood poles. The EPA removed 200 tons of creosote-contaminated soil from the site in February 1999. Turns out that for decades wood transferred from treatment vats to railcars was dripping with creosote. The lesson? Chemicals that spill onto the ground can migrate to water and food sources. After years of public meetings and bureaucratic evaluations, the government and the responsible private companies signed a final cleanup plan, expected to take four years, in February 2010.