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For those living in the bay area, you should know that the groundwater in many areas is contaminated with TCE due to computer manufacturing industry which used it as a solvent. Dry cleaners are another common culprit of contamination to the groundwater. These groundwater plumes can extend for quite a large distance from the original site of contamination and seep into the first story of residences and buildings throu…
For those living in the bay area, you should know that the groundwater in many areas is contaminated with TCE due to computer manufacturing industry which used it as a solvent. Dry cleaners are another common culprit of contamination to the groundwater. These groundwater plumes can extend for quite a large distance from the original site of contamination and seep into the first story of residences and buildings throu…
Why is still allowed to leach tce into groundwater
For those living in the bay area, you should know that the groundwater in many areas is contaminated with TCE due to computer manufacturing industry which used it as a solvent. Dry cleaners are another common culprit of contamination to the groundwater. These groundwater plumes can extend for quite a large distance from the original site of contamination and seep into the first story of residences and buildings throu…
Why is still allowed to leach tce into groundwater
As of 2023 only two states have banned TCE (Minnesota and New York), and the federal government has yet to do anything to control it. It has and will continue to be used extensively in industrial application such as at electronic assembly lines, dry-cleaners, mechanics, air force bases, coffee decaffeination, textile industry, and the list goes on. The best you can do is live in a highly residential area which is far from the locations where any of these business could operate.
Had to start researching this when a family member was recently diagnosed. Parkinson's has many forms and many causes. There's a big divide between Parkinson's _disease_ (idiopathic Parkinson's) and Parkinsonism from a variety of sources - stroke, drug-induced, and so on. There are also other conditions, like progressive supranuclear palsy, that are considered either to masquerade as Parkinsonism or to constitute ano…
> Parkinson's has many forms and many causes. A lot of my family were farmers. I've had close relatives die with severe Parkinsons, primarily those that farmed their whole life. Their theory was that it was really exposure to a lot of toxic farm chemicals. I can imagine Parkinsons turning out to be several different conditions with similar symptoms.
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If you know for certain, then you might do things you otherwise wouldn't. E.g decide to have children or not, plan a will. Live life to the max. Potentially get a head start on treatment if one were ultimately available, even if super experimental and maybe even not working in the end. Honestly, there are many reasons to know beforehand and not a lot of reasons to not know.
So if you gonna die anyways you won’t live life to the max? Probably better off not finding out and live life to the max without the thought of it
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It's not allowed. These are old plumes and they stay around for a long time and are very expensive to clean up.
Cool, let’s make the companies that caused it pay for it
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It's not allowed. These are old plumes and they stay around for a long time and are very expensive to clean up.
Cool, let’s make the companies that caused it pay for it
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So if you gonna die anyways you won’t live life to the max? Probably better off not finding out and live life to the max without the thought of it
Things like deciding when to retire. You might want to retire earlier and spend time doing things instead of waiting to retire to get maximum retirement payout.