John Rodgers on mon 19 may 03
I lived on a river in Alaska that had a big cinnibar mine upstream.
There was always the suspicion that the cinnibar affected all the
villages downstream of that mine. Never proven conclusively, but the
geology of the area left cinnibar exposed on the surface and it
certainly washed into the watershed. that fed the river. Was always
suspicious of it, especially when I some of the problems of the people
along the river. Glad I didn't stay to many years, and also had a clean
water supply rather than the riverm which is what many used.
BTW, cinnebar is mercury ore.
John Rodgers
Birmingham, AL
Bun Bun wrote:
> I am very aware what Galena is. I live in the Lead Belt of Missouri. If I
> wanted information on the dangers of lead I would have asked "that"
> question. I can't help but wonder just HOW the human race got by
> using lead
> in glaze for 5000 years without distroying itself. No intelligent person
> would use it on food containers because of the modern day warnings.
> This is
> not SARS, it won't jump up and kill you in a moments contact. People
> have
> been injesting lead in this area for generations, and yes some of the
> residents are surely brain dead but cancer is the formost killer here.
> Safety precausions must be taken even when cooking dinner. God forbid
> anybody does anything considered dangerous by the FDA.
>
> I would recommend not walking across a street, see a doctor if you need a
> band aide, don't drink milk if its out of date, don't use wood for
> heating,
> etc, etc.
>
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