In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
You see, I'm in
the Red Queen's Race...
Are Some Plastics Good for the Environment?
By Janet Evans
Saturday, Jun 14 2008, 02:40 PM
The Department of Water and Power workers in Los Angeles, as well as local officials and community activists
opened a white tub from where they poured 400,000 black colored balls into the water. image (c) Dakota Smith
In Los Angeles, these black, shimmering plastic balls are as good as black gold; for helping to eliminate bromate from a local reservoir. Bromate is a cancer-causing reaction to sunlight and chlorine.
So while we’re fighting the battle of plastic bottles that emit toxic chemicals....plastics will do just the opposite for drinking water in this case.
Chemicals…you can’t live with them; and you can’t live without them.
Read the story from the Houston Chronicle ç here
