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kwillia said:
We just met with a food services guy the other day that said they were closing that plant and building a natural gas plant or converting the old plant or something along those lines. Natural gas will be the primary energy source now with coal only for backup. He's providing the lunches to the crew doing the work and they said the change was due to environmental concerns.CMC122 said:
FancyBelle
I'm 2 old 2 die young!
Maryland currently has the sixth highest cancer death rate in the United States. That's pretty high up there!
kwillia
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And BTW... does anyone remember the big brouhaha about a dozen years ago involving the large acreage in Hollywood, MD that had been declared a environmental disaster area dangerous enough to make the EPA SuperFund Sites top 10 list? The old wood treatment land... that land that they began development on within the past couple months...
I wonder how that soil go so clean so fast...
I wonder how that soil go so clean so fast...
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kwillia said:And BTW... does anyone remember the big brouhaha about a dozen years ago involving the large acreage in Hollywood, MD that had been declared a environmental disaster area dangerous enough to make the EPA SuperFund Sites top 10 list? The old wood treatment land... that land that they began development on within the past couple months...
aren't they having similar issues with the land behind target? I thought I remember reading that's why the building has halted
BadGirl
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In the clean-up effort for that area, didn't they practically incinerate all the soil to rid the dirt from the wood-treatment chemicals? In doing so, the soil is now almost incapable of growing any vegetation.kwillia said:And BTW... does anyone remember the big brouhaha about a dozen years ago involving the large acreage in Hollywood, MD that had been declared a environmental disaster area dangerous enough to make the EPA SuperFund Sites top 10 list? The old wood treatment land... that land that they began development on within the past couple months...
I am probably wrong on this, but I recall hearing something to that effect.....
CMC122
Go Braves!
Where exactly is this property for us non boat peoplekwillia said:And BTW... does anyone remember the big brouhaha about a dozen years ago involving the large acreage in Hollywood, MD that had been declared a environmental disaster area dangerous enough to make the EPA SuperFund Sites top 10 list? The old wood treatment land... that land that they began development on within the past couple months...
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I beleive they burned it....and took away what they couldn'tkwillia said:And BTW... does anyone remember the big brouhaha about a dozen years ago involving the large acreage in Hollywood, MD that had been declared a environmental disaster area dangerous enough to make the EPA SuperFund Sites top 10 list? The old wood treatment land... that land that they began development on within the past couple months...
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kwillia
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Found this:itsbob said:
Maryland Statistics
Did you know?
Maryland currently has the sixth highest cancer death rate in the United States.
5 out of every 1,000 Marylanders will develop cancer each year.
Approximately 24,000 Marylanders are diagnosed with cancer each year.
Although anyone can develop cancer, regardless of age, race or gender, many cancers can be prevented and/or treated if detected early.
Lung cancer accounts for the majority of cancer deaths in Maryland, mainly due to smoking.
As the average age of Marylanders increases, the number of new cancer cases diagnosed each year in Maryland is expected to increase as well because the risk of developing cancer increases with age.
http://www.fha.state.md.us/cancer/registry/html/statistc.cfm
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Catfish in Md. River Have High Cancer Rates
Catfish from Maryland's South River have a skin cancer rate as high as any found in the nation and the second-highest liver cancer rate in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and both are probably caused by polluted runoff, a study released yesterday says.
In the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service study, more than half the brown bullheads -- a type of catfish -- sampled from the South River had skin tumors, the highest incidence in 14 years of bay watershed testing. The rate matches that found in Great Lakes bullheads, which had the nation's highest.
One-fifth of the South River bullheads tested had liver cancer, a rate second only to that of the Anacostia River, where studies in 2001 showed nearly 70 percent of bullheads had liver tumors.
"The fish are clearly exposed to cancer-causing agents, and at this point, we really don't know what chemicals are responsible," said Fred Pinkney, the Fish and Wildlife Service biologist who conducted the study. "We suspect it's from [polluted] runoff."
The agency hopes to pinpoint the carcinogen by next year if it finds money for additional work. The initial study was partly paid for by the South River Federation, a nonprofit group that monitors the 12-mile river, which flows through Anne Arundel County into the bay just south of Annapolis.
Bullheads are used in river studies because they live and feed on the bottom, where toxins accumulate; they don't migrate far; and they metabolize certain carcinogens just as humans do.
Despite the alarming findings, Richard McIntire, a Maryland Department of the Environment spokesman, said the state is not likely to issue a catfish consumption advisory for the South River. "This has been a known problem for quite some time," McIntire said.
"If you catch any fish that looks strange," he added, "throw it back."
The state also has no plans for advisories on swimming and other recreational use, based on cancer findings, he said.
Drew Koslow, the federation-appointed riverkeeper, said anglers eat the South River's catfish, perch and pickerel. The river has a water-skiing course and several community beaches.
"A lot of kids and adults swim in the river, [and] we don't have the authority to close it to swimming" or fishing, Koslow said.
Route 50 and other roads cross the river, so "maybe it's coming from the runoff off the highway -- or ski boats," he said of the pollution. "We don't have a lot of industry on the river, so we're pushing hard to figure out what's going on and deal with it."
The South River Federation contributed $3,200 to the initial study. Pinpointing the source of the disease would cost about $5,500, Koslow said. "We're hoping we can get some grant dollars to cover it."
In the Anacostia, Fish and Wildlife scientists linked liver tumors in bullheads to polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), found in urban runoff laden with car exhaust residue, pavement sealants and asphalt particles.
Catfish from Maryland's South River have a skin cancer rate as high as any found in the nation and the second-highest liver cancer rate in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and both are probably caused by polluted runoff, a study released yesterday says.
In the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service study, more than half the brown bullheads -- a type of catfish -- sampled from the South River had skin tumors, the highest incidence in 14 years of bay watershed testing. The rate matches that found in Great Lakes bullheads, which had the nation's highest.
One-fifth of the South River bullheads tested had liver cancer, a rate second only to that of the Anacostia River, where studies in 2001 showed nearly 70 percent of bullheads had liver tumors.
"The fish are clearly exposed to cancer-causing agents, and at this point, we really don't know what chemicals are responsible," said Fred Pinkney, the Fish and Wildlife Service biologist who conducted the study. "We suspect it's from [polluted] runoff."
The agency hopes to pinpoint the carcinogen by next year if it finds money for additional work. The initial study was partly paid for by the South River Federation, a nonprofit group that monitors the 12-mile river, which flows through Anne Arundel County into the bay just south of Annapolis.
Bullheads are used in river studies because they live and feed on the bottom, where toxins accumulate; they don't migrate far; and they metabolize certain carcinogens just as humans do.
Despite the alarming findings, Richard McIntire, a Maryland Department of the Environment spokesman, said the state is not likely to issue a catfish consumption advisory for the South River. "This has been a known problem for quite some time," McIntire said.
"If you catch any fish that looks strange," he added, "throw it back."
The state also has no plans for advisories on swimming and other recreational use, based on cancer findings, he said.
Drew Koslow, the federation-appointed riverkeeper, said anglers eat the South River's catfish, perch and pickerel. The river has a water-skiing course and several community beaches.
"A lot of kids and adults swim in the river, [and] we don't have the authority to close it to swimming" or fishing, Koslow said.
Route 50 and other roads cross the river, so "maybe it's coming from the runoff off the highway -- or ski boats," he said of the pollution. "We don't have a lot of industry on the river, so we're pushing hard to figure out what's going on and deal with it."
The South River Federation contributed $3,200 to the initial study. Pinpointing the source of the disease would cost about $5,500, Koslow said. "We're hoping we can get some grant dollars to cover it."
In the Anacostia, Fish and Wildlife scientists linked liver tumors in bullheads to polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), found in urban runoff laden with car exhaust residue, pavement sealants and asphalt particles.
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kwillia said:
As someone who loves catfishing and have been in catfish tournaments even, I've been following this alot through the years. I believe the PCB or Mercury gets built up through time. Therefore I think the go by right now is dont' eat any catfish over 16 or 18 inches long from that area
12 inches is still good eats!! 