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SmittynMo

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9. My question is:

Reply to silvershadow (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 03:39 AM

Feb 2014

What is everyone sitting on their ass as Japan is pollutes the water supply we need to survive? Not to mention all the creatures in the Pacific Ocean we consume. I have been talking about this for years, and still, no country has assisted in capping this thing. Without the water and the sun, we all die. It seems to me we are destroying this planet at an alarming rate, and no one gives a shit.

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Breaking: 100 tons of toxic water leaked at Fukushima plant [View all] silvershadow Feb 2014 OP

I simply view this as confirmation, rather than news... Earth_First Feb 2014 #1

You know it. May as well party like it's 1999. silvershadow Feb 2014 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #3

while here in the US, we're on the hook to pay billion$ for private nuke plants in SC wordpix Feb 2014 #4

"...as no drain was found.". So the surface (Earth?) it poured on was already so saturated with jtuck004 Feb 2014 #5

CNN Has It: WillyT Feb 2014 #6

Well, that's not good. blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #7

In 10 years the Chronic Health Conditions section on DU flamingdem Feb 2014 #8

My question is: SmittynMo Feb 2014 #9

Ugh. truthisfreedom Feb 2014 #10

there is roughly 187 quintillion gallons of water in the pacific ocean. madrchsod Feb 2014 #11

I'm not worried about the ocean from this one. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #13

like the aquifer north of vegas.... madrchsod Feb 2014 #15

Slowly creeping closer... Yep. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #16

If my math is correct that would be 23980 gallons madokie Feb 2014 #12

100 tons = 25,000 gallons? vkkv Feb 2014 #14

1 gallon of water weighs 8.34 lbs. Not sure if that includes seawater and whatever else that water silvershadow Feb 2014 #17