07-20-2015, 05:37 AM
quote:The chemical is being absorbed by the tree. That is the whole point, the tree tries to use it for nutrition so it goes up the trunk, up the branches into the leaves. By then, the original chemical has been diluted and broken down into several components with virtually no toxic effects. You are going to be on catchment anyway and too far from any of the major groundwater aquifers to have any effect.
Originally posted by gogould
As I am getting ready to move to my property in Hawaiian Acres I think about how the ground is fractured lava and wonder about the filtering process of groundwater down to the seawater level freshwater aquifer under the island.
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*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*