Cinnamon, Vanilla Detected In Water Samples, Which Scientists Hope Will Prove A Broader Point

[riversedge]

Good way to make a point.





Cinnamon, Vanilla Detected In Water Samples, Which Scientists Hope Will Prove A Broader Point

http://www.wpr.org/node/1037481

Water Scientists Say Human Behavior Affects Health Of Waterways
By Scottie Lee Meyers

Tuesday, December 20, 2016, 3:15pm


There's an experiment water scientists like to do this time of year to prove the point that human behavior affects the health of our lakes and rivers and other waterways.

Cinnamon and vanilla are two ingredients we tend to consume more of during the holidays, be it for meals on the Thanksgiving table, batches of gingerbread cookies or the seasonal cup of coffee.

Sure enough, researchers have detected the deliciously innocent spices in waterways throughout the country when they take water samples in early winter.

In fact, oceanographers in Washington found that come December, the fish of Puget Sound swim in a "big, dilute latte." .............

[NightWatcher]

1. Maybe water has memory and remembers it's Christmas

[trotsky]

4. !!!

[HassleCat]

2. It's all those ferries.

Puget Sound has a lot of ferry traffic, and passengers drink huge quantities of coffee in the winter. Starbucks of course. They probably spill a million gallons a day into the water. That would explain the hyperactive Orcas.

[Orrex]

3. Sugar plum ferries?

[Lint Head]

5. Perfect!

[HassleCat]

6. By coincidence, yes!

Several years ago, I designed a Christmas card that featured a ferry with arms and legs, doing a dance. The idea was that Christmas was the time of year for the Dance of the Sugar Plum Ferries.