Amazing how reading from the same page, "we are for clean air and water" goes far in thickening the legitimacy of a system built glaringly spare of monitoring and transparency but lathered richly on propaganda (and just flat-out lies to wall off inconvenient truths sneaking into the bully zone of industrial land use).
The system certainly resists anyone putting a spotlight to it. Turn up one rock of truth and discover 100 more questions about stuff we need to know and how the system is dysfunctional by design to answer. So instead we get the "most robust regulatory system" to keep the water clean. And such inanities as "driving on corn forever" (ADM).
The system just needs more pipelines to get full B.S. certification and thicker into delusions of legit.
Thanks for having the courage and the knowledge to keep our legislators accountable by informing we voters about our polluted waters and where the pollution comes from. I'm not a scientist but a voter who cares about cleaning up our rivers and streams and having no trouble seeing the wisdom in attributing most of the pollution to all the CAFOs we insist in not regulating, not the geese which, unfortunately our DNR decided to bring to Iowa. Diana
Norm also authored a bill requiring a camera in every public school classroom in 2022. Fortunately, it went nowhere. Since at least 2016, there have been hard working, new to politics, Democratic candidates running against him. But, he continues to be the voters’ choice. SMH.
It would be interesting to know how many times that Lake Darling Beach has been closed (or recommended swimming not advised) vs open since the lake restoration.
I always enjoy your back-of-envelope calculations Chris! Do you know how these studies are "sourcing" the E. coli? If they're just collecting eDNA, I would expect geese to show up as an artificially disproportionate source. If eDNA degrades faster than E. coli (which seems very likely), then eDNA from distant sources (hogs) will be poorly represented; eDNA from nearby sources (geese) would be oversampled. On the other hand, if they're using DNA from the different E. coli strains that show up and linking E. coli strains to hogs, geese, humans, etc, that would be more accurate. Just curious if you know how this is done.
What is curious to me is that all of the childbearing age adults I know won't allow their kids in Iowa water, only swimming pools. I send them this and similar information and, there seems to be no interest in writing legislators or doing anything about it. It's just accepted. Green lake? Oh, chlorine swimming pools are the answer. The young adults of today are to busy and seem to think that if water is clear, it's safe.
Amazing how reading from the same page, "we are for clean air and water" goes far in thickening the legitimacy of a system built glaringly spare of monitoring and transparency but lathered richly on propaganda (and just flat-out lies to wall off inconvenient truths sneaking into the bully zone of industrial land use).
The system certainly resists anyone putting a spotlight to it. Turn up one rock of truth and discover 100 more questions about stuff we need to know and how the system is dysfunctional by design to answer. So instead we get the "most robust regulatory system" to keep the water clean. And such inanities as "driving on corn forever" (ADM).
The system just needs more pipelines to get full B.S. certification and thicker into delusions of legit.
Thanks Chris!
Thanks for having the courage and the knowledge to keep our legislators accountable by informing we voters about our polluted waters and where the pollution comes from. I'm not a scientist but a voter who cares about cleaning up our rivers and streams and having no trouble seeing the wisdom in attributing most of the pollution to all the CAFOs we insist in not regulating, not the geese which, unfortunately our DNR decided to bring to Iowa. Diana
Thanks Chris.
Remember...give a HOOT, don't pollute. Give a HONK....I'm still in shonk. (shock)!
Simply flabbergasted by this stuff.
Keep it up Chris. Keep exposing the lies and their feet to the fire.
Hope they enjoy the beach while their heads are stuck in the sand.
Norm also authored a bill requiring a camera in every public school classroom in 2022. Fortunately, it went nowhere. Since at least 2016, there have been hard working, new to politics, Democratic candidates running against him. But, he continues to be the voters’ choice. SMH.
https://www.kcrg.com/2022/02/05/several-education-bills-have-been-introduced-by-republican-congress-members-focusing-transparency-classrooms/?outputType=amp
It would be interesting to know how many times that Lake Darling Beach has been closed (or recommended swimming not advised) vs open since the lake restoration.
"You got a problem with Canada Gooses, you got a problem with me."
I always enjoy your back-of-envelope calculations Chris! Do you know how these studies are "sourcing" the E. coli? If they're just collecting eDNA, I would expect geese to show up as an artificially disproportionate source. If eDNA degrades faster than E. coli (which seems very likely), then eDNA from distant sources (hogs) will be poorly represented; eDNA from nearby sources (geese) would be oversampled. On the other hand, if they're using DNA from the different E. coli strains that show up and linking E. coli strains to hogs, geese, humans, etc, that would be more accurate. Just curious if you know how this is done.
What is curious to me is that all of the childbearing age adults I know won't allow their kids in Iowa water, only swimming pools. I send them this and similar information and, there seems to be no interest in writing legislators or doing anything about it. It's just accepted. Green lake? Oh, chlorine swimming pools are the answer. The young adults of today are to busy and seem to think that if water is clear, it's safe.
"Honk"