John Baymore on fri 5 jun 98
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=3E I wonder if the collective brain of all the ceramists on this planet
=3E could help to save a small family brickworks in Hunter Valley, NSW,
=3E Australia.
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While I am not a big one for the =22someone else has to be responsible for
everything bad that happens=22 attitude so prevalent in American
culture........
Given ONLY the facts stated in the posting to consider, in this case, it
does seem that the mine company should be responsible for cleaning up the
mess it created, and compensating the brickworks for it's costs to
relocate, or lost revenues while the existing site is cleaned up (if it CAN
be).
Hope there are some good lawyers (barristers?) down there.
Repeated sessions of levigation with VAST quantities of fresh water might
wash out the solubles from the raw clay materials..... but that then
contaminates all that good water. Also requires equipment, and a lot of
time and labor. All added costs to the product. And it assumes the
solubles are not already in the water table..... which sounds like a pretty
bad assumption from the description.
Also of concern here, and probably more significant than the loss of the
brickworks (bad as that is), is the impact on the family and their workers
at the brickworks. I know nothing about chronic long term exposures to
high concentrations of Mag. Sulfate..... but one wonders if there are
potential significant health consequences. Monona....got any data?
Good luck...... hope this get straightened out.
Best,
......................john
John Baymore
River Bend Pottery
22 Riverbend Way
Wilton, NH 03086 USA
603-654-2752
JBaymore=40Compuserve.com
pedresel@3-cities.com on tue 9 jun 98
Magnesium sulfate is epsom salt. On the skin it will have an astringent
effect, ingested it can give you the runs. Effects don't tend to persist
once exposure is terminated. Significant? Too philosophic a question for me.
-- Evan in West Richland WA.
At 01:23 PM 6-5-98 EDT, you wrote:
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>Also of concern here, and probably more significant than the loss of the
>brickworks (bad as that is), is the impact on the family and their workers
>at the brickworks. I know nothing about chronic long term exposures to
>high concentrations of Mag. Sulfate..... but one wonders if there are
>potential significant health consequences. Monona....got any data?
>
>Good luck...... hope this get straightened out.
>
>
>Best,
>
>.....................john
>
>John Baymore
>River Bend Pottery
>22 Riverbend Way
>Wilton, NH 03086 USA
>
>603-654-2752
>JBaymore@Compuserve.com
>
>
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