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Originally Posted by urgeok2
i'm the same ..
but the polluting here was done on an epic scale .. i cant even remember the amout of raw sewage that gets dumped in the lakes every time there is a backup in the sewers
or all the pesticides and poisons that run off into the lakes ..
they mentioned there were something like 65 hot spots still in the lakes - where the toxic content is up to 50% in the silt at the bottom of these areas..
it showed a family of eagles - the babies didnt survive because they were fed mostly lamprey eel .. which are bottom feeders in one of the hot spots ..
they also said there were abouit 180 foriegn species of marine life that had been introduced to the great lakes .. some intentionally - but most not - as a result of being in the bilge water of the ocean going ships ..
most of these things change the environments they invade - and not for the better.
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ya kinda made my whole "throwing paper out the car" seem a bit trivial.