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The local council should take independent samples and send them off to independent labs.
Mar 5, 2018 at 6:41 PM | tomo & stewgreen not wishing to be pedantic but.......
BOD, COD & pH can be tested, quick and cheap, on the spot. The "local council" Environmental Health Team will refer river issues to others, (Env Agency? Nat Rivers Authority?) and Marine Pollution is not their problem if the problem started at sea, but the consequences on the beach etc may be. Health & Safety probably prevents Environmental Health Officers from getting in a boat ........!
Thankfully, regular and constant instances of marine and river pollution from inadequately treated sewage effluent and farmyard slurries are over, but heavy rain, and freezing conditions can upset the balance. But as a cause, oxygen deficiency should have registered, if the tested samples were taken from the same water that the fish had actually died in. Testing water that a dead fish was found in, is not quite the same thing.
golf charlie
In that piece a teacher is in front of the class of kids
"TM's plan to get rid of plastic, do you think 20 years is too long ?"
"Yes" kids chant back
"so we are going to write a letter to Mrs May"
stewgreen
7:30pm BBC1 London
Sean Fletcher meets the former City worker on a mission to help London rid itself of plastic waste.
* The black guy on a catamaran bicycle who collects up litter dropped in the canal
..this looks like a stunt to me.
I would be easier with a long pole net from the bank (or drone)
..and most litter would flow to certain spots anyway
stewgreen
@stewgreen
I saw that washup - blamed on the cold weather - which I earnestly believe to be utter tosh promulgated by people who believe that you can boil water with a hairdryer.
It looks like a pollution event - but - the real question is will a real investigation be done? - and will there be an honest report?
@gc
I saw a map of voting in Italy - looked for all the world like Greeks in the south and Swiss in the north....
The water tests for events like the ones mentioned should (as a priority) include a proper battery of chemical investigations - not just in situ physical chemistry. The men from the ministry should be onto it quick sticks - we pay them enough - that's for certain. The local council should take independent samples and send them off to independent labs.
tomo
stewgreen, standard tests for water include acidity, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
If "pollution" is suspected, these simple test can identify possible causes and eliminate others.
golf charlie
@Harry
Yes the headline could be
. "Global weather IMMIGRANT CRIME patterns changing.. Irish government must make unpopular decisions"
stewgreen
They go on and on about plastic , a nothing event in UK
then now 2 proper pollution events
Bridlington : the biggest shellfish port in Europe
The third big washup in the last 21 years
beaches covered in shellfish, lobsters, and starfish.. the odd cod or seal.
Particularly hitting lobsters this time
In a separate event, inland at the River Witham , tens of thousands of dead fish are in the river
EA have ruled out lack of oxygen or acidity
One fisherman claimed he'd got fish to come back to life by putting them in clean water
stewgreen
I received this from GWPF by email unfortunately I cannot attend but some of our followers may
INVITATION From GWPF
The Connection between Cosmic Rays, Clouds and Climate
Presentation by Prof Henrik Svensmark & Jacob Svensmark
When: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 from 6:15 PM - 8:00 PM
Where: Committee Room 4a, House of Lords
I don't know if it is only open to people on the GWPF email list but I suppose anyone interested can wangle a ticket.
Ross Lea
Sunday : Berlin : Acid attack on green energy corp executive
maybe in a feud about RWE running a big open cast lignite mine
Two men poured acid over the CFO of utility #Innogy the Green energy part of RWE, Bernhard Günther.
The executive got severely injured and briefly was at risk of dying, but his condition has since improved.
The men are at large, police are investigating.
* Günther was attacked while jogging several years ago and beaten up.
At that time he was still CFO of the parent company RWE
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