iandol on tue 20 may 03
Dear John Rodgers,
Cinnabar is Red Mercuric Sulphide. Under normal conditions it would be =
insoluble in water but now that the Northern Hemisphere is suffering =
from Acid Rain, who would know to what levels pollution has risen in =
that river.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis.
John Rodgers on wed 21 may 03
Yes, it is of concern. Things are changing globally. It is at times
imperceptable, it's there. The old Eskimos have said the tundra is
different, looks different, feels different. They have lived there
thousands of years. They would know.
Regards,
John Rodgers
Birminmgham, AL
iandol wrote:
>Dear John Rodgers,
>Cinnabar is Red Mercuric Sulphide. Under normal conditions it would be insoluble in water but now that the Northern Hemisphere is suffering from Acid Rain, who would know to what levels pollution has risen in that river.
>Best regards,
>Ivor Lewis.
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Carl Finch on wed 21 may 03
At 04:21 PM 5/20/03 +0930, iandol wrote:
>Dear John Rodgers,
>Cinnabar is Red Mercuric Sulphide. Under normal conditions it would be
>insoluble in water but now that the Northern Hemisphere is suffering from
>Acid Rain, who would know to what levels pollution has risen in that river.
>Best regards,
>Ivor Lewis.
Just south of San Jose, California, is the historic townsite of New
Almaden, the location of much cinnabar mining in the last hundred or so
years (named for old Almaden, a cinnabar-rich area in Spain).
For many years the streams in this area have been posted with signs warning
against eating fish caught in these waters because of the mercury. I think
I first noticed those signs in the early '70s when I lived nearby.
--Carl
now in Medford, Oregon
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