http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Island_NorthKatja Juscha Grunther
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New Denver, BC
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https://britishcolumbiachemtrailalert.wordpress.com"After a week of such activity, I collected the first rainfall and had it tested for heavy metals at North Island Labs on Vancouver island (see attached pdf. 3. North Island Test Results 2012 for the actual lab test). The results were fairly alarming. Among the metals found were:
- 3.88 mg/L of ALUMINUM – 39 times the AC (the Maximum Allowable Concentration for Drinking Water Guidelines). According to the Material Safety Data Sheet, Aluminum is implicated in numerous memory loss diseases such as Alzheimers, ADD & dementia, as well as weakness and muscle fatigue, and bone disease. The rate of autism among US children has tripled over the past decade, according to a report released by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), jumping from about one in 150 children back in 2000 to a staggering 1 in every 50 American kids . These are epidemic numbers, and, despite the controversy, there are numerous studies citing the link between autism and aluminum.
– .03 mg/L of CADMIUM – 6 times the MAC (according to the U.S. dept. of Labor, lung cancer and kidney damage are among the illnesses reported from chronic exposure to cadmium)
– .4 mg/L of LEAD – 36.4 times the MAC (According to the Mayo Clinic, lead poisoning symptoms range from high blood pressure to abdominal pain, to weakness & numbness and tingling of extremities, mood disorders and reduced sperm count) Please note that acute lead poisoning occurs at levels of only 5 ppm.
– STRONTIUM. This is the hardest to get a sense of – the MAC for strontium is 5 Bq/L. The Strontium in the rainwater sample was measured at .148 mg/L. If you know how to convert to Bqs, we could find out if this amount is over the MAC. My rainwater test results do not specify which type of strontium was found in my sample. However, according to a 1997 U.S. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Report, many strontium compounds are hazardous to fish and wildlife. Strontium chromate is carcinogenic and the isotope Sr 90 has been implicated as a causative agent in leukemia.
– .75 mg/L of SILICON. While soluble Silicon is harmless, silicon dust is another matter. Inhalation of fine particles of silicon compounds may cause tuberculous, fungal infections, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus, renal diseases and cancer.
Wind was documented to consistently be coming from the North, North West in the weeks previous to my taking the rainwater sample and up to the day of collection. Therefore I do not believe that the contaminants were coming from the smelter in Trail. I have attached a PDF document called 4. Days before Rainwater Collection Photographs if you’re interested in seeing what I was experiencing at that time."
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