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The picture below taken in
2009 turned on many alarm bells.
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| This was taken by Nowlans Lake. The
lake, green all year round, was basically a settling
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| Nowlans Lake: Aug 24, 2010:
9 Minutes John Horton and Dr. Allen Hall explore the polluted area around and in Nowlans Lake |
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| Video: MAug 8, 2010: 5
min
John Horton and Dr. Allan
Hall document the open effluent in the public ditches of
HIlltown, Digby Co., N.S.
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| Video http://www.radio-canada.ca/widgets/mediaconsole/medianet/6960758 French language 10 minute film we all should see. Filth that flows out of most older farms, Stanley Boudreau's model farm.as a good example of progress in the industry. |
THIS LINKS TO AN INTERACTIVE MAP.
Just touch pin in area of interest and ZOOM in. Many thanks to Ty Savoy.
Just touch pin in area of interest and ZOOM in. Many thanks to Ty Savoy.
LINK: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?vps=2&ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=213840470161933357502.0004dc8a32bc4c81ae59b
| Down river plankton blooms were becoming more frequent, some people were getting rashes and some animals got sick. Summer camp Wapomeo had to relocate. | |
| Camp Wapomeo has provided the
adventures of a lifetime to campers between the ages of
7-16 since 1921. 86 years later campers
continue to enjoy access to over thirty acres of
majestic forest, beautiful rocky beaches, and natural
wildlife. We integrate the four YMCA core values
into all programs at camp: caring, honesty, respect, and
responsibility. We strive to ensure that our
programs are fun and challenging, with an emphasis on
safety and camper care. (S) Two years after that it
closed. The forest has been
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| Down river plankton blooms were becoming more frequent, some people were getting rashes and some animals got sick. Summer camp Wapomeo had to relocate. | |
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From some of the
cyanobacteria experts I've communicated with it
could take decades or more for the excess nutrients
to clear, even if all pollution was magically
stopped now - also because the phosphate present is
a particularly pure form (85% food grade phosphorus
diluted and used in food preparation for mink) is
not readily taken up in the normal fashion. Really
think we're in for a very long haul. The heavy rain
brings even more contamination into the watershed
from the polluted land base and wetlands. Think many
folks are in a bit of despair over this and no
longer fighting. Many properties are up for sale on
the watershed.
Factory farming, especially for such a
frivolous use, should be banned. If this keeps up, we're
going to end up with dead zones along the coast - which
could spell the end of the fishing industry. DH |
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 Letters:
Don't just bury it in the woodsA friend heard about an open,
well-used commercial gravel pit that has been
stacked with dozens, if not hundreds, of truckloads
of mink farm waste and wanted me to see it.
More: http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/letters-dont-just-bury-it-woodsEditors note: there are close to 40 mink farms within a 10-mile radius of Moody's Corner. A map of all of the fur farms in Nova Scotia can be found HERE. There are almost 2 million mink raised and processed in Nova scotia each year. |
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| Jocelyne Rankin responds to new fur
industry regulations
Jocelyne Rankin (Water
Coordinator Ecology Action Centre,
Halifax): On-camera interview with Bob Murphy
– CBC http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/Maritimes/ID/2326998724/
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Industry Act 2013 .pdf
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