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<blockquote data-quote="kiran6680" data-source="post: 2504767" data-attributes="member: 91963"><p>Yup, I don't understand why we are worried about anything other than this. We are literally eating, drinking and breathing poison, but conversation about this is so rare. 37 out of top 50 most polluted cities in the world are Indian, heavy metals are 100 times the allowed concentration in our vegetables if we test at all.</p><p></p><p>When the problem is so large, we need to prioritise. If we attack the lower priority items first, we will be worse off than not trying, because we will have paid the cost and still not achieved the real success. This is my prioritisation about water and food pollution :</p><p></p><p>1. Heavy metals : no chemical reaction can fix them. Thousands of degrees Celsius, presence of any catalyst or reactant, it is very unlikely to go away once in the environment. And they accumulate in humans, and the animals we eat . So not releasing out the heavy metals has to be the highest priority.</p><p></p><p>2. Pesticides and other poisons : while some can be burned away, treated away, made less harmful by careful processes , but still very chemically stable and harmful. It is unlikely anyone will or can practically remove pesticides so they are second priority.</p><p></p><p>3. Human / animal waste, shit, spit, urine, phlegm, sweat : while disgusting, these are almost harmless as compared to the other 2 categories. RO, boiling water, cooking food well, not swimming in publically available water are some simple strategies we can use until we become a civilized country. Let's not focus our energies on this category of pollution, otherwise the categories that truly matter may get left out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kiran6680, post: 2504767, member: 91963"] Yup, I don't understand why we are worried about anything other than this. We are literally eating, drinking and breathing poison, but conversation about this is so rare. 37 out of top 50 most polluted cities in the world are Indian, heavy metals are 100 times the allowed concentration in our vegetables if we test at all. When the problem is so large, we need to prioritise. If we attack the lower priority items first, we will be worse off than not trying, because we will have paid the cost and still not achieved the real success. This is my prioritisation about water and food pollution : 1. Heavy metals : no chemical reaction can fix them. Thousands of degrees Celsius, presence of any catalyst or reactant, it is very unlikely to go away once in the environment. And they accumulate in humans, and the animals we eat . So not releasing out the heavy metals has to be the highest priority. 2. Pesticides and other poisons : while some can be burned away, treated away, made less harmful by careful processes , but still very chemically stable and harmful. It is unlikely anyone will or can practically remove pesticides so they are second priority. 3. Human / animal waste, shit, spit, urine, phlegm, sweat : while disgusting, these are almost harmless as compared to the other 2 categories. RO, boiling water, cooking food well, not swimming in publically available water are some simple strategies we can use until we become a civilized country. Let's not focus our energies on this category of pollution, otherwise the categories that truly matter may get left out. [/QUOTE]
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