03-08-2005, 03:35 AM
There is no doubt that they pay up the wazoo for permits with standards they strugle to live up to. I for one am not singling them out, I say this from the point where I worked inside of those factories where there were not susposed to be any discharge of any kind. The shop I worked at bought two 500 gallon tanks to hold used cutting oils. They dumped close to that a week on the floor and out in to the sewer that leads to surounding ground water suply. they interned had to bring in city water and each home had to pay 10 Thousand dollars each to hook up along with the 14 thousand dollars each home had to pay when the the water main when across the front of thier properties.
yes you are right that every single person on this planet is guilty of releasing toxic waist. every home with toilet bowls that are snow white has had 10 pounds of toxic materials gone down its trap every year. From commet type cleansers, detergents, bleach, florides, and the list goes on and on. and there is the body products that go down. I cant count the number of beaches closed evey year now because the storm drains run in to rivers that run in to lakes that carrys human sewage to local lakes on its way out to the great lakes.
it is bad enuff when years ago they designed our systems to run sewage and storm drains together but for them to continue this pratice today when they know full well the environmental impacts is criminal. Yes it will cost more money to build sepreat systems. It will also create much neaded jobs as well.
And yes those fishing motors have a great impact on heavy metals in the waters but is over looked by the governments because of the finacial impact.
Might I say it is a pleasure to talk to some one who knows the score from thier side of the streat. "Thank You"
I know the score from my side of the streat. It aint pretty, it aint leagle, but it happens all to often.
Every other day just about here in south east michigan the news is reporting that another river has been contaminated by materials like pbb's murcury used motor oil and no body seems to know where it comes from because every thing can be dumped in to a floor drain from inside a shop and it runs streaght in to storm drains which gets flushed in to the rivers every time it rains.
I dont believe that this problem is just indiginous to Detroit, it happens all over the world every day.
Polution controlls are only as good as the integrity of the owner of the company.
we used to have bounties here in michigan for people who caught companies dumping, now if you call in to report you are the one who will be harrased if you are not politely egnored by the DEWQ.
there is a 55 gallon drum sitting in the swamp behind my property in the swamp, it has been there for at least 30 years and I cant get any one to come out and address the problem. I have no idea what is in it, it is leaking now and killing plants.
Toxic dumping by corporations is like a speeding car going down the road, there is nothing to stop him till he crashes from exceeding the limits one time to many unless we pay some one to put on a uniform and pass on to him a paper reminder. Or just show up behind the back door and pick up soil samples and drain samples.
This is one of my pet peaves. because I hear about it every day. thats the joys of living in an industrial area.
All I am saying it is worth taking the time to do it right, trying to save a dime now and paying a dollar later to fix the problem that will not go away on its own is just bad business all the way around. When corporations find that more and more towns dont want that kind of busness in their comunities they will find ways to do the job. "Nesessity is the Mother of Invention"
there are towns in northern michigan tennessee pensilvania kentucky verginia that were abandoned because coal corporations though that strip mining was the cats meow and saved millions. it cost billions to clean up this mess and divert rivers and water ways to trap and contain the acids.
I can remember in my child hood when auto shops got paid to just dumped used motor oils down dirt roads to keep the dust down.
I could go on and on and on, and I am sure there are members here who are older than me who could tell enviornmental night mare stories that would make my stories sound like fairy tails of "Mr. Clean" (thats a joke for any one who missed it. Mr. Clean is also a toxic cleaning agent as is 99% of the rest)
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yes you are right that every single person on this planet is guilty of releasing toxic waist. every home with toilet bowls that are snow white has had 10 pounds of toxic materials gone down its trap every year. From commet type cleansers, detergents, bleach, florides, and the list goes on and on. and there is the body products that go down. I cant count the number of beaches closed evey year now because the storm drains run in to rivers that run in to lakes that carrys human sewage to local lakes on its way out to the great lakes.
it is bad enuff when years ago they designed our systems to run sewage and storm drains together but for them to continue this pratice today when they know full well the environmental impacts is criminal. Yes it will cost more money to build sepreat systems. It will also create much neaded jobs as well.
And yes those fishing motors have a great impact on heavy metals in the waters but is over looked by the governments because of the finacial impact.
Might I say it is a pleasure to talk to some one who knows the score from thier side of the streat. "Thank You"
I know the score from my side of the streat. It aint pretty, it aint leagle, but it happens all to often.
Every other day just about here in south east michigan the news is reporting that another river has been contaminated by materials like pbb's murcury used motor oil and no body seems to know where it comes from because every thing can be dumped in to a floor drain from inside a shop and it runs streaght in to storm drains which gets flushed in to the rivers every time it rains.
I dont believe that this problem is just indiginous to Detroit, it happens all over the world every day.
Polution controlls are only as good as the integrity of the owner of the company.
we used to have bounties here in michigan for people who caught companies dumping, now if you call in to report you are the one who will be harrased if you are not politely egnored by the DEWQ.
there is a 55 gallon drum sitting in the swamp behind my property in the swamp, it has been there for at least 30 years and I cant get any one to come out and address the problem. I have no idea what is in it, it is leaking now and killing plants.
Toxic dumping by corporations is like a speeding car going down the road, there is nothing to stop him till he crashes from exceeding the limits one time to many unless we pay some one to put on a uniform and pass on to him a paper reminder. Or just show up behind the back door and pick up soil samples and drain samples.
This is one of my pet peaves. because I hear about it every day. thats the joys of living in an industrial area.
All I am saying it is worth taking the time to do it right, trying to save a dime now and paying a dollar later to fix the problem that will not go away on its own is just bad business all the way around. When corporations find that more and more towns dont want that kind of busness in their comunities they will find ways to do the job. "Nesessity is the Mother of Invention"
there are towns in northern michigan tennessee pensilvania kentucky verginia that were abandoned because coal corporations though that strip mining was the cats meow and saved millions. it cost billions to clean up this mess and divert rivers and water ways to trap and contain the acids.
I can remember in my child hood when auto shops got paid to just dumped used motor oils down dirt roads to keep the dust down.
I could go on and on and on, and I am sure there are members here who are older than me who could tell enviornmental night mare stories that would make my stories sound like fairy tails of "Mr. Clean" (thats a joke for any one who missed it. Mr. Clean is also a toxic cleaning agent as is 99% of the rest)
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