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- gbudavid, on 11/28/2008, -1/+17Don't Poop in the Pond??;))
- FI5HERMAN, on 11/29/2008, -0/+9We in the cities are unaware of this problem & it is a problem ,mark my words . I have heard it said on good authority that the water we have is becoming more precious, and wars may be fought over water availability in the future especially good clean supplies. so the more water we pollute in any form is a problem!!!!!!!
- mreade, on 11/29/2008, -0/+5A show on tv the other night mentioned how "we, as humans, strangely use the waterways for both a pantry and a toilet!" That definitely needs to change.
- ThatEvilGuy, on 11/29/2008, -0/+4Manure, I hate Manure!!!
- saadkamal, on 11/29/2008, -1/+5lol
- dcmjzero, on 11/29/2008, -0/+3We also used to just chop down trees left and right. Turns out that was a problem. We also used to dump waste in the streets. Turns out that was a problem. Some things just don't scale well.
- lisaawesome, on 11/29/2008, -0/+3There's also the slight difference now in that we have factory farm situations where 346753436 animals are concentrated in one area. So instead of each family having a couple pigs that crap in the river at different points we have a whole ton of pigs crapping in the river at the exact same point. If you can't see how these will create very different ecological impacts then you are a dolt :D
- TyrannousDotNet, on 11/29/2008, -0/+3Bio-Remediation is needed for these areas.
natural farm waste management is key.
a problem like this has already been solved.
http://www.fungi.com/mycotech/farmwaste.html - Flyman360, on 11/29/2008, -0/+3Our world is like a natural bio-dome, just bigger and more complex. We as human beings are part of that natural bio-dome, not above it. If we pollute it, we are polluting ourselves along with everything in it. To deny this is just being closed-minded.
- TyrannousDotNet, on 11/29/2008, -0/+3http://www.fungi.com/mycotech/farmwaste.html
- TyrannousDotNet, on 11/29/2008, -0/+3http://www.fungi.com/mycotech/farmwaste.html
- inactive, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2e coli is an anaerobic bacteria that will quickly die in a high oxygen or ozone enviroment. In addition, high acidity will alse kill e coli and Salmonella as well as high salinity. .
- maz2331, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2Great idea, but why not just make fuel out of it? This would give an economic incentive to the farmers, especially if the equipment can be made cheaply enough. A great side benefit is that you can later extract the non-fuel elements for fertilizer.
- terenceyap7, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1A close friend of mine was infected with E coli and almost died from it. Trust me, safely recycling wastes is very important.
- lisaawesome, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2We have problems where I live with excessive nitrates in our water thanks to all the animal waste being dumped and the over fertilization of crops. Crops and livestock are big businesses here though so they get away with a lot of crap they shouldn't. Perhaps we will finally take this pollution seriously when folks start getting really sick and maybe even dying. Perhaps.
- TyrannousDotNet, on 11/29/2008, -0/+2Who invited Pauly Shore?
- AllINeed, on 11/29/2008, -2/+3Finally! We can all bathe in the river, like our ancestors did long time ago... who is up for a quick skinny-dip? Yalla!
- Tarnum, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1Composting anyone?
You just pile the manure in a big heap and in a year it becomes high-quality fertilizer. - inactive, on 11/30/2008, -0/+1That is a good article. Nature abhors a vaccum and it is great that some are realizing that mother nature is more powerful than man and that by working with nature, many of our problems can easily be solved.
- inactive, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1Our ancestors also took dumps in that water.
Our ancestors used watercourses as garbage dumps. Corpses, household wastes, you name it. - askantik, on 11/30/2008, -0/+1Manure = *****. Pun intended, but point also intended to be made. Several studies have shown that compost and grass clippings work just as well at providing P, K, and N for the soil. Green manure (which isn't like what we typically associate with 'manure' at all) is much more sustainable, even though that term is vastly overused.
But then again, with as many animals as we have, there's about 7,884,000,000,000 (yes, that's 7.8 TRILLION) pounds of animal ***** produced every year in the US, and it has to go somewhere. We sure do love our meat! The left over *****, blood, and bones aren't much use to the slaughterhouses, so it has to go somewhere. Why not on our vegetables!?!
And we wonder why we have problems like this. Bah. - beauley, on 11/29/2008, -1/+1Sure, manure from any animal can contain E-Coli and cause some contamination of nearby wells or swimming areas, but it does not compare to the chemical fertilizers used for decades along with the irradiation of much of our foods and now we have GM, pesticides and herbicides. E-Coli our bodies can deal with, but the destruction of much of the nutrients in our foods it cannot.
- TheKappa, on 11/29/2008, -0/+0Two articles on the front page of Digg next to each other- One about recycling piss and the other, recycling crap. You hippies have gone too far!
- inactive, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1Sounds like a ***** job, but someone's gotta do it
- jcanci, on 11/29/2008, -1/+0someone call the discovery channel... we found mike rowe a new job
- MCA2142, on 11/29/2008, -3/+1I know two girls that discovered this awhile back.
And they only use 1 foam cup to get the recycling job done. - tinus, on 11/29/2008, -4/+0Farmers have been doing this for ages and all of a sudden it's a problem? Buried.
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