Monday, September 27, 2010

Brooklyn on list again

Once again I got to hear about the water pollution. I do not understand that how people can be so careless. This time it was Brooklyn. two types of toxins have been found in the water. The Environment Protection Agency has given them order for clean up. It should begin by next spring according to the news of The New York Times.
It is good to see that the environmental agencies are doing something to control the amount of pollution.The people of Newton Creek are aware that the water body is polluted but still they catch fish and consume them. the pollution also effects the fishes of that water body and the toxins get accumulated in people's body as they consuming it. This will later cause a lot of diseases which they might be unknown of. 
Most of the toxins are in the form of pesticides, heavy metals, and volatile organic compounds in the creek’s contaminated sediment. These are very much injurious to health. These also cause a great amount of damage to the marine life . Sometimes the fishes die because they consume this thinking to be a food. 
Now lets see hoe much work is done after the initiative is taken of cleaning the water way. http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20100927/REAL_ESTATE/100929856  

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