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Skriven 2010-12-04 18:43:00 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DAVE DRUM
Ärende: Marketing Vitamin Arsenic
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-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Jim Weller <=-
     
 DD> use abandoned mining tunnels (where it is warm enough to
 DD> promote growth) to farm freshwater shrimp or crawfish?
 
 ML> Think of the toxins that would come from the leachate

 JW> That there is my special vitamins... [g]

 DD> I am pretty sure that no one has much
 DD> idea what sort of alleged nasties would leach into the water ... much
 DD> less be taken up by the prawns and even less idea what of that would be
 DD> passed on to humern beans eating those little critters

Actually it is thoroughly studied and documented: soil, water, fish,
mine workers, fish eating Natives and the general public living in the
area have all been tested extensively.

I live in an area where the naturally occurring arsenic in the soil
and water exceeds federal residential safety limits in many areas,
even before disturbing things with mining activity.

The surface rock and soil have been leached naturally by the
elements since the last ice age and generally tends to be reasonably
close to those limits.

But gold mining from 1936 to 2004 has created airborne dust, tailings
ponds, mountains of slag and polluted streams. There has been a huge
improvement in just 5 years since they shut down though.
 
The fish in Baker Creek, which runs right through the middle of
Giant Yellowknife Mine's property and was named after Johnny Baker
the first prospector to find gold around here, died off in the 50's
from arsenic and cyanide. We were never concerned about the cyanide
affecting humans a mile away as it decomposes fairly quickly in the
presence of oxygen and UV from sunlight. And the Baker Creek runoff
into Great Slave Lake got diluted millions of times so arsenic
getting into fish wasn't an issue except in Yellowknife Bay right
around the mouth of Baker Creek. When Giant shut down in 1999 the
fish, including the delicate and delicious Arctic Grayling, returned
in 5 years. Mother Nature is quite resilient. The GNWT Dept. of
Natural Resources and the federal Dept of Fisheries and Oceans
encourage catch and release with no consumption for the time being
until further tests are done.

We are now building housing on what was Con Mine property until
2004, after extensive soil testing. There has been remediation done
as per engineering studies. Basically we are scraping off 6 inches
of dust contaminated top soil and replacing it with 6 inches of new
fresh soil. 

I am far more concerned about the possibility of the Fort McMurray
oil sands activity polluting the Athabaska River so badly that it
affects the whole water system all the way to Inuvik.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Pasta Ragout with Lobster Tails in Lemon Sauce
 Categories: Pasta, Lobster, Mushrooms, Wine, Dairy
      Yield: 2 servings
 
      1 c  Pasta
      1 c  Fresh mushrooms; halved
    3/4 lb Lobster tails
    3/4 pt Cream
    1/2    Lemon
      1 ds Sherry
           Salt and pepper
           Spice salt; (picanta)
           Msg; optional
           Estragon (tarragon)
           Garlic
           Cornflour
 
  Boil the pasta. Remove and run cold water over it. Fry the
  mushrooms in butter, then add the cream and bring to the boil.
  Thicken with cornflour. Season to taste. Add the pasta and lobster
  tails and simmer for a few minutes. Finally, add lemon juice, a
  little whipped cream and a dash of sherry. Serve with a selection
  of wholemeal bread
 
  Recipe by: Eva

MMMMM
  


Cheers

YK Jim


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