Testing Port Angeles Properties for Dioxin
The Port Angeles City Council has reversed its earlier decision. Now it will allow the Department of Ecology to test the soil on some city-owned properties for dioxin.
In August the City Council had denied this request from the Dept. of Ecology. Their reasoning was that if dioxin contamination was found, it could jeopardize property values in an already-crumbling economy.
Public health and the local economy — they're both serious issues. What do you think they should do?
In August the City Council had denied this request from the Dept. of Ecology. Their reasoning was that if dioxin contamination was found, it could jeopardize property values in an already-crumbling economy.
Public health and the local economy — they're both serious issues. What do you think they should do?
Labels: Department of Ecology Port Angeles soil, dioxin property values, Port Angeles City Council dioxin
posted by Tom Harper at 1:40 PM
4 Comments:
Test for those dioxins!
I blame the socialist liberals like Pelosi, Reid and Obama for the dioxins!
Enough with the dioxins already, yes dioxins will be found, they can come from wood burning stoves, or fireplaces. Just because we can find them doesn't mean they're bad, what else are they going to do with the expensive machines? The Dept of ecology should wear a version of the swastika on their shoulders, they are the state eco police.
gregory, tell me, again, how dioxins are created?
Sure, it CAN be created "in nature" but dioxin, a highly carcinogenic and toxic compound, is mostly created by human activity.
Once dioxins have entered the body, they endure a long time because of their chemical stability and their ability to be absorbed by fat tissue, where they are then stored in the body. Their half-life in the body is estimated to be seven to eleven years. In the environment, dioxins tend to accumulate in the food chain. The higher in the animal food chain one goes, the higher is the concentration of dioxins.
So, what part do you think is all good?
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