Toxic Drinking Water

[Terry]

Nice job Eric,

It also shows how the community shares water.

One of the issues we have with homeowners is convincing them that we "SHARE" the water supply.
A dangerous method of plumbing in one home my harm others that live on the same street.
In your case, many more were involved.

 

[songli]

Brass air fittings

Now that is a lot of brass air fittings http://www.***********.com/subpages/airfitting_1.htm there is just about every type
of air fitting that you could want. Wholesale prices too. I guess these could be used as small water pipe fitting also. I
used some of the parts to make my babington wvo burner.

 

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[Kingsotall]

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[Jadnashua]

while both regretable and irresponsible, if it is a public utility, they probably can't be sued. Even if it is, the ratepayers would end up effectively sueing themselves.

 

[Cookie]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Brockovich

 

[Verdeboy]

Do you know how long people/children have been drinking the water?

The whole incident only lasted about 10 days, back in August.

Can you find out the short term results from it? Then you find out the long term results from their children drinking it;

I already posted that information in one of my previous posts.

I would make sure the community realizes your results.

I started two threads about it in our local community forum. That is how the newspaper picked up on the story.

Oh, and also, Eric, if you consider fighting this, find a lawyer whose kids have been drinking the water, too.

No thanks. I've done my civic duty. I'd rather drink that toxic water than deal with our inept legal system.

 

[Verdeboy]

The cops were probably wondering why all the local glue sniffers were carrying water bottles all of a sudden...

Interesting you should say that. The chemical I thought I was smelling is toluene (methyl benzene), which is commonly found as a solvent in model airplane glue.

BTW, xylene is dimethyl benzene. So, my nose was nearly spot on.

 

[Cookie]

No thanks. I've done my civic duty. I'd rather drink that toxic water than deal with our inept legal system.

That is where we differ, but that is okay, too. I always stongly feel to try to change what is wrong. That is just me.

When I asked about the short term, long term, I was thinking more in terms of names of illnesses. Cancer, etc. I did see the disturbances it can cause, that is fine, too.

You've done good Eric.

 

[Verdeboy]

Xylene is not a known carcinogen. But don't you consider damage to the central nervous system, liver and kidneys to be more than just "disturbances?"

And, I did fix what was wrong. The water is fine now.

What you and others are suggesting is to spend countless hours trying to sue for reparations for what happened back in August. I'm not doing it. Apparently, no one else in this town wants to either.

You've seen the movie, Erin Brockovich too many times. Great movie, but, a totally different situation. People were drinking that chemical-laden water for years. This time, it was nipped in the bud.

But, if they do make a movie out of this, I want Jude Law to play me.

 

[Cookie]

Didn't mean no offense. Cookie

 

[Cookie]

Short-term: EPA has found xylenes to potentially cause the following health effects when people are exposed to it at levels above the MCL for relatively short periods of time: disturbances of cognitive abilities, balance, and coordination.


Long-term: Xylenes has the potential to cause the following effects from a lifetime exposure at levels above the MCL: damage to the central nervous system, liver and kidneys.

Eric, you corrected me on using the word disturbance, and I was just using it like you. Maybe, I should had added, also, damage, I don't know...

Also, I only saw that movie once, lol. I might rent it and watch it again

You said, what we suggested, that was just it Eric, an idea if you wanted. Probably nothing would even come to this, because it wasn't drunk like you said, long enough.

Still, all in all, it is a good thing like everyone said, you did sniff it out.

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