tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post7867416159010766599..comments2023-11-05T03:29:20.511-05:00Comments on Mr Furious: Coal In Your Stockings. And your living room…front yard…neighborhood…the whole damn valley…Mr Furioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03781439243585972721noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-48832933598313009612008-12-29T14:55:00.000-05:002008-12-29T14:55:00.000-05:00You're right. Boiling water with heavy metals in i...You're right. Boiling water with heavy metals in it won't get rid of them. If they set up distillation equipment and drank the condensed steam (after it cooled down), that would be safe to drink. It would be a long, tedious process though.<BR/><BR/>I worked in the metals finishing industry for a couple years. The way we removed metal contaminants from wastewater was by using chelating agents. The chelators would bind with the metals and precipitate out of solution. Separating the "sludge" from the water at that point was much easier. The key thing is to find the right chelating agents to react with one's target metal contaminants.DEDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07266406676643270732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-68502357277689660732008-12-28T11:52:00.000-05:002008-12-28T11:52:00.000-05:00If there were ash-covered seals in the Tennessee R...<I>If there were ash-covered seals in the Tennessee River, they'd be there.</I><BR/><BR/>Cynical crown, anybody? ;)<BR/><BR/>I couldn't agree more, so I'll need a crown, too. If you want MSM coverage of environmental disasters, they'd better involve cute animals or it had better happen in California. Someone in that community is going to have to rise up and demand a solution if anything is going to happen.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13850825844277186930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-42790100120562573202008-12-28T10:26:00.000-05:002008-12-28T10:26:00.000-05:00If there were ash-covered seals in the Tennessee R...If there were ash-covered seals in the Tennessee River, they'd be there.Mr Furioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781439243585972721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-60981974803765608652008-12-28T10:25:00.000-05:002008-12-28T10:25:00.000-05:00They're too busy worrying about whether or not the...They're too busy worrying about whether or not the Obamas go to church...and besides, who the hell wants to go cover a story in Appalachia?Mr Furioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03781439243585972721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-45202408385228739132008-12-28T09:56:00.000-05:002008-12-28T09:56:00.000-05:00And where the hell is the mainstream media? I've n...And where the hell is the mainstream media? I've not heard one word about thie on the TeeVee news shows. Where are the investigative reporters?TXsharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com