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[Vortex13]

Is this true?

 

Spoiler

[Vroom Vroom]

Don't mind me, just stopping by to see what color the river is today. 

[Draining Dragon]

Don't mind me, just stopping by to see what color the river is today.

Looks like its more of a mustard color now.

http://www.cnn.com/2...ents/index.html

[Giant ambush beetle]

[Vroom Vroom]

Looks like its more of a mustard color now.

http://www.cnn.com/2...ents/index.html

So many color changes, I can't wait to see what color it will be tomorrow. 

 

 

 

 

[Katiefrost]

The color looks like the intestinal tract of something hideous. 
Here's an update from CNN posted about 36 minutes ago.
http://www.cnn.com/2...xico/index.html

Personally, I think it's usually a good idea to filter your tap water at home for lead, mercury and arsenic. A simple Brita filter does a lot of good for drinking water. But that won't help with contaminated river water used for crop irrigation and the accumulation of toxins in local fish.

[Vroom Vroom]

The color looks like the intestinal tract of something hideous. 
Here's an update from CNN posted about 36 minutes ago.
http://www.cnn.com/2...xico/index.html

Personally, I think it's usually a good idea to filter your tap water at home for lead, mercury and arsenic. A simple Brita filter does a lot of good for drinking water. But that won't help with contaminated river water used for crop irrigation and the accumulation of toxins in local fish.

I can agree with a water filter being a good idea despite not using one. 

 

I don't even drink my city's water and never will. Our pipes used to be really messed up and we'd (my parents and I) get yellow/brown water all of the time, we live in town mind you. One day my mom had her white work pants in the washer and the yellow city water ruined them, so she filled up a jar with water from the faucet to take down to the city building (I can't recall why, I think it was to demand compensation for her pants being ruined). The water that she had put in the jar sat for a day or so before she had time to take it down to the city building and as a result it started to clump up and it ended up looking like earwax. 

 

Being afraid of a lawsuit, the city put in new pipes and now our water doesn't tend to turn yellow or brown. However, I still can't bring myself to trust the city or its water, so I'll never be able to bring myself to drink anything that comes out of our faucets. Bottled Water for me it is.

[Katiefrost]

Bottled Water for me it is.

Try and recycle the plastic bottle if you can. 

[Neoleviathan]

"The Environmental Protection Agency had pushed for 25 years to grant Superfund status to the partly collapsed Gold King mine and other idled mine sites leaking heavy metals above Silverton, Colorado. That would have brought in major funds for a comprehensive cleanup. But local authorities spurned federal intervention, leaving a smaller EPA-led team to investigate the steady stream of pollution. That team accidentally breached a debris wall on Aug. 5, unleashing a huge pool of contaminated water."

http://www.huffingto...ref=mostpopular

So by the sounds of it they've actually been seeing steady leaks in the area since the 1800's. Some of the ground water was already contaminated, threatening local people. Pretty sad.

[Katiefrost]

Update: Don't drink or bathe in the water.
http://www.cbsnews.c...g-animas-river/

This article specifically describes the breached dam as "holding back heavy metals used in gold mining". And some people wonder why a large, open pit gold mine is not a good idea in Alaska's Bristol Bay region near the world's largest salmon run. Duh.

[Vroom Vroom]

Update: Don't drink or bathe in the water.
http://www.cbsnews.c...g-animas-river/

This article specifically describes the breached dam as "holding back heavy metals used in gold mining". And some people wonder why a large, open pit gold mine is not a good idea in Alaska's Bristol Bay region near the world's largest salmon run. Duh.

I'm just glad that some of the fish are alive, hopefully they stay that way with no ill effects. This is something that should never have happened, I hope this serves as a lesson to others to spare no expense when it comes to handling dangerous materials.  

[thE-Ro]

Yeah, the first thing I think when I see a mustard-colored river is "lemme drink some of that." 

It could give you special powers though.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

The theme for this event

 

[Dio Demon]

Yeah, the first thing I think when I see a mustard-colored river is "lemme drink some of that." 

Glad someone agrees with me *drinks mustard-coloured water* mmm tastes like kidney failure; delicious!

[Cainhurst Crow]

Congratulations EPA, you made the Ani-P.iss River.