MOST RESPONSES TO DIOXINS IN OUR DRINKING WATER AQUIFERS HAVE BEEN "NOT SURPRISED" OR "OF COURSE THEY ARE"

 

I'm surprised because I know how carefully and forcefully Uniroyal and successor corporations have repeatedly stated that dioxins and DDT are "hydrophobic" and "insoluble". The first may be true but the second is not. Dioxins have a solubility in water close to 20 ng/l  which means 20 parts per trillion. Yes that is a very low solubility but the terminology of "very low solubility" is more accurate than "insoluble".  DDT on the other hand has a low solubility which varying sources suggest is between 5 and 25 ug/l which means 5-25 parts per billion . This solubility of DDT is approximately 1,000 times greater than the solubility in water of dioxin. Of course as per yesterday's posting however, dioxin is much more toxic than both NDMA and DDT.

The reason people give for actually expecting dioxins in our drinking water aquifers is one of common sense. Everyone knows that Uniroyal Chemical produced Agent Orange for the U.S. military and that dioxins were an unintended by-product of them. Also everyone knows that Uniroyal Chemical dumped or buried hundreds of tonnes  of toxic wastes in, on and under their property in Elmira.  Obviously these same folks either don't believe the lies of the polluter that dioxins and DDT couldn't get into our drinking water aquifers or they don't care or know what the claims are. For them if you have a huge buried mess right there then of course between wind, rain and groundwater toxic things will migrate. 

It gets worse of course in regards to mobility of these truly nasty compounds. There are many more mechanisms available some of which will be shared in upcoming days. Those mechanisms are why human beings around the globe are carrying a body burden of dioxins and more. Some humans are more susceptible to damage from them than others. The list of heath effects are absolutely horrendous. Thank you very much Uniroyal for providing jobs to this community. You made large amounts of money in exchange plus you left your poisons behind.  Next time take the poisons with you and choke on them.