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Minnesota DOT Name-a-Snowplow Contest Announces Results

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Re: Minnesota DOT Name-a-Snowplow Contest Announces Results

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Post by superkuh »

That's fun. But Minnesotans might also be interested in the what happens to the road (and other) run-off water. Minnesota Pollution Control's 2021 impaired water bodies result just came out too: https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/minnesotas-impaired-waters...

It turns out that the St. Croix river that makes up much of the eastern state border near the Twin Cities is so heavily polluted with perfluorooctane sulfonic acid only 1 fish meal per month is being recommended.

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/11/08/minn-lakes-with-for...

https://eastmetrowater.org/2021/11/11/pfas-contamination-wor...

https://www.stcroix360.com/2021/11/every-st-croix-river-fish...

Re: Minnesota DOT Name-a-Snowplow Contest Announces Results

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Post by rottencupcakes »

throwaway6767 wrote: post #4

I realize that it’s based on a movie, but it always surprises me how acceptable in the US are jokes about Eastern Europeans. Can you imagine “The big Leplowski” for a different group of people? It would cause an outrage.

What's the joke about Eastern Europeans? Both Lebowskis in the movie are American born.

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Post by GauntletWizard »

throwaway6767 wrote: post #4

I realize that it’s based on a movie, but it always surprises me how acceptable in the US are jokes about Eastern Europeans. Can you imagine “The big Leplowski” for a different group of people? It would cause an outrage.

I don't think most Americans would even see the stereotype to be offended about; I certainly don't. Jeff Lebowski identifies to me as a stereotype, but as a stereotypical personality type, with no racial/cultural connotation to it.

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Post by quickthrowman »

superkuh wrote: post #2

That's fun. But Minnesotans might also be interested in the what happens to the road (and other) run-off water. Minnesota Pollution Control's 2021 impaired water bodies result just came out too: https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/minnesotas-impaired-waters... It turns out that the St. Croix river that makes up much of the eastern state border near the Twin Cities is so heavily polluted with perfluorooctane sulfonic ac…

To be clear, the PFOS pollution in the St Croix is almost certainly from groundwater contamination from 3M manufacturing and dump sites near or in the lower St Croix watershed, not road water runoff.
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