Just the Facts :: Water Footprints

by Berit Anderson
yes! Magazine
May 13, 2010

How much water do we use? More than any other country, it turns out. And we could save a lot...

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Is the BP Clean-Up Creating A Toxic Soup in the Gulf?

By Kate Sheppard
Mother Jones
Mon May. 10, 2010

...Dr. Riki Ott, a marine toxicologist and former commercial fisher in Alaska at the time of the Exxon Valdez spill, has been in the Gulf area meeting with fisherman and communities to discuss the potential impacts. While Exxon used dispersants to clean up the Alaska spill, which have had long-term impacts on herring and salmon, what's going on in the Gulf now is unprecedented, she warns. "We've never released them at this rate before, so much, so fast," said Ott. She said lab tests on the toxicity of the dispersants don't reflect the reality of how these agents can affect an ecosystem. The use of the chemicals in such large volumes, she said, "has the potential to cause intergenerational harm."...

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