River of blood outside Dallas meatpacking plant

[nageov3t]

I could use some more iron in my water.

 

[Greenman]

I guess "river of blood" sounded better than "red patch that might be in a creek".

 

[trenchfoot]

Yeah, I can see where nobody downstream would mind having raw untreated waste pig blood dumped in their drinking water. And nevermind what it does to artifically affect the ecology of the area.

But the anti-anything-that's-anti-big-business folks can casually rationalize just about anything away to protect the money machines that's lining their pockets with dirty money.

Well, OK, that's a bit harsh.....but true nontheless.

Small wonder why some folks think there is absolutely no need for regulatory agencies to exist.

Well, OK, that's a bit harsh too....but true nontheless.

 

[Ninjahedge]

Blood in the water can be a problem when it comes to contaminants or OVER "feeding" the microbes in the stream.

You start cranking that much food into a stream, you will kill fish and other native life. You could get algae blooms, significant methane and rather sulfurous emanations as well.

It just ain't a good thing, capiche?

 

[dmcowen674]

Blood in the water can be a problem when it comes to contaminants or OVER "feeding" the microbes in the stream.

You start cranking that much food into a stream, you will kill fish and other native life. You could get algae blooms, significant methane and rather sulfurous emanations as well.

It just ain't a good thing, capiche?

The only thing Republicans capiche especially the ones in Texas is profits.

Profits over clean water
Profits over People
Profits over Country

 

[DesiPower]

shouldn't the blood have clogged already?

 

[xj0hnx]

Yeah, I can see where nobody downstream would mind having raw untreated waste pig blood dumped in their drinking water. And nevermind what it does to artifically affect the ecology of the area.

Yes, because the putrid corpses of dead animals, and living animals piss and shit are nice and clean, but then everyone just drinks their water straight out of the river

 

[tydas]

Quote:
Originally Posted by sactoking
Blood is biodegradable.
Blood is used as fish food.
Blood is used as fertilizer.

What's the problem?

You from Texas too?

Come on now, are you both that clueless?

 

[HomerJS]

I thought capitalism would never let this happen.

Let's get rid of the EPA!

 

[MovingTarget]

I thought capitalism would never let this happen.

Let's get rid of the EPA!

Yeah, umm....job killing regulation! Wharrrgarbl!

:whiste:

 

[Texashiker]

A holding waste tank to be disposed of properly?

Define "disposed of properly".

Do you know how oil well drilling companies dispose of drilling fluids? They pump it into wells that are below the water table. Sometimes the fluids leak up into the water table and contaminate the ground water.

Drilling fluids have been found in the drinking water of Pavilion Wyoming. What did the EPA do? They said people should not drink the water.

If oil companies are allowed to contaminate the ground water, why cant a slaughter house dump blood out on the ground?

I guess oil companies are held to a different standard then everyone else?

 

[Ausm]

Where else is the blood supposed to go?

LMAO

 

[cybrsage]

Blood is biodegradable.
Blood is used as fish food.
Blood is used as fertilizer.

What's the problem?

Then you would have no problem with me pouring it into your tap water just prior to you drinking it, right?

 

[tydas]

Oh how lovely the unregulated GOP future will be, a land flowing with fracking fluid and pigs blood...

 

[sactoking]

Then you would have no problem with me pouring it into your tap water just prior to you drinking it, right?

Straw man argument: nobody is pumping their tap water directly from that small, possibly stagnant, creek.

 

[sactoking]

Blood in the water can be a problem when it comes to contaminants or OVER "feeding" the microbes in the stream.

You start cranking that much food into a stream, you will kill fish and other native life. You could get algae blooms, significant methane and rather sulfurous emanations as well.

It just ain't a good thing, capiche?

See, this is an answer that makes some sense and comes with a reasoning more profound than "It's just bad, m'kay!"

 

[cybrsage]

Straw man argument: nobody is pumping their tap water directly from that small, possibly stagnant, creek.

The same reason you do not want it in your tap water is why it should not be in the moving water of the creek.

 

[Ninjahedge]

Cybr, the only problem with your statement is that things like sewerage are still pumped into rivers and the like.

the difference being, things like Biological Oxygen Demand and other factors are taken into account to see what the river can handle and determine if "nature" can do the filtering on its own.

If it CANT, then additional methods (floc tanks, etc) are used to put a treated, although not necessarily potable, water back into discharge fields.

So going with an extreme example does not lend weight to the argument and only feeds any opposition.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Blood is like water here in Texas, it flows like the rain. We eat rocks and crap gravel and wipe our asses with barbed wire, Wimps need not apply:biggrin:

 

[Nemesis 1]

It does say meet packing plant correct . So why all the offical lies, The USDA should have been all over this from day one . But I have worked the industry and these people are bought and paid for, seen with own eyes

 

[Nemesis 1]

Cybr, the only problem with your statement is that things like sewerage are still pumped into rivers and the like.

the difference being, things like Biological Oxygen Demand and other factors are taken into account to see what the river can handle and determine if "nature" can do the filtering on its own.

If it CANT, then additional methods (floc tanks, etc) are used to put a treated, although not necessarily potable, water back into discharge fields.

So going with an extreme example does not lend weight to the argument and only feeds any opposition.

BS, WE have the most modern meet packing plant in the world 1 mile from me and no river discharge . As it illegal

 

[Ninjahedge]

BS, WE have the most modern meet packing plant in the world 1 mile from me and no river discharge . As it illegal

Are you a moron or do you just play one on TV.

I was talking about waste discharge in general.

What the hell do you think Septic Tanks are? Storage for later removal?

There are means and methods for discharge and certain standards that need to be met to allow such discharge.

BTW, saying you have the most modern "meet" packing plant right next door is kind of, well, stupid.

 

[cybrsage]

Cybr, the only problem with your statement is that things like sewerage are still pumped into rivers and the like.

the difference being, things like Biological Oxygen Demand and other factors are taken into account to see what the river can handle and determine if "nature" can do the filtering on its own.

If it CANT, then additional methods (floc tanks, etc) are used to put a treated, although not necessarily potable, water back into discharge fields.

So going with an extreme example does not lend weight to the argument and only feeds any opposition.

I understand what you are saying, but AFAIK, blood is not allowed to be purposefully dumped into the environment at all.

 

[Exterous]

The only thing Republicans capiche especially the ones in Texas is profits.

Profits over clean water
Profits over People
Profits over Country

Oh how lovely the unregulated GOP future will be, a land flowing with fracking fluid and pigs blood...

To be fair - the Democratically controlled congress also refused to raise the FDAs budget despite a decade long trail of reports where the FDA cites their inability to police the food suppliers/growers to the extent that their madate requires