Comments on: Getting Polluted: These Guys Wrote the Book http://www.welovedc.com/2010/01/26/slow-death-by-rubber-duck/ Your Life Beyond The Capitol Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:42:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: uberVU - social comments http://www.welovedc.com/2010/01/26/slow-death-by-rubber-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-19059 uberVU - social comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:07:16 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=26794#comment-19059 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by phthalate0free: Getting Polluted: These Guys Wrote the Book: We Love DC This is thought to be caused, in part, by phthalates from ... http://bit.ly/dmnx2P... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Tweets that mention Getting Polluted: These Guys Wrote the Book » We Love DC -- Topsy.com http://www.welovedc.com/2010/01/26/slow-death-by-rubber-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-18023 Tweets that mention Getting Polluted: These Guys Wrote the Book » We Love DC -- Topsy.com Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:06:59 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=26794#comment-18023 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Henry Sherwin and Henry Sherwin, Henry Sherwin. Henry Sherwin said: Getting Polluted: http://www.welovedc.com/2010/01/26/slow-death-by-rubber-duck/#more-26794 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Henry Sherwin and Henry Sherwin, Henry Sherwin. Henry Sherwin said: Getting Polluted: http://www.welovedc.com/2010/01/26/slow-death-by-rubber-duck/#more-26794 [...]

]]> By: Donna C. http://www.welovedc.com/2010/01/26/slow-death-by-rubber-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-17672 Donna C. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:41:12 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=26794#comment-17672 Great point, Jan - and thanks for sharing it! With modern plumbing, it's way too easy to forget that what goes down the drain goes into the river. What really drove that concept home for me was touring Arlington's wastewater treatment plant last year - http://bit.ly/cA9m0V. So now in addition to questioning if I want to use a chemical for myself, I question if I want to feed it to the fish. Great example? Drano. Great point, Jan – and thanks for sharing it!

With modern plumbing, it’s way too easy to forget that what goes down the drain goes into the river. What really drove that concept home for me was touring Arlington’s wastewater treatment plant last year – http://bit.ly/cA9m0V. So now in addition to questioning if I want to use a chemical for myself, I question if I want to feed it to the fish. Great example? Drano.

]]> By: Jan http://www.welovedc.com/2010/01/26/slow-death-by-rubber-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-17631 Jan Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:01:02 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=26794#comment-17631 Another related issue my agency is studying along with other local agencies: Triclosan is not removed entirely in wastewater treatment processes. This means that when people use hand soaps containing this ingredient, those small amounts of it find their way to our streams and rivers, and it then combines there with other compounds to form benzene type compounds, which are known endocrine disruptors. These endocrine disruptors are partly involved in the inter-sex fish problem you mention in the Potomac. So the Triclosan is not just creating momentum toward superbugs, but is another contributor to harmful effects on our stream aquatic life. Another related issue my agency is studying along with other local agencies: Triclosan is not removed entirely in wastewater treatment processes. This means that when people use hand soaps containing this ingredient, those small amounts of it find their way to our streams and rivers, and it then combines there with other compounds to form benzene type compounds, which are known endocrine disruptors. These endocrine disruptors are partly involved in the inter-sex fish problem you mention in the Potomac. So the Triclosan is not just creating momentum toward superbugs, but is another contributor to harmful effects on our stream aquatic life.

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