10-13-2019, 05:28 AM
how many former paper mills are now EPA superfund cleanup sites.
It wasn’t so much the paper but the production method paper mills used which included dioxins, and mercury as a cleaning agent when they scoured out the bottom of the effluent pipes monthly. The pipes carried clumpy, sticky waste into the river, and over time the sludge would build up constricting the discharge. Mercury was heavy and scrubbed out that bottom layer in the pipe quite well, until Big Government discovered the side effects.
Paper straws manufactured today wouldn’t use those chemicals and elements, and according to dan c’s one time analysis, they fall apart quite rapidly.
It wasn’t so much the paper but the production method paper mills used which included dioxins, and mercury as a cleaning agent when they scoured out the bottom of the effluent pipes monthly. The pipes carried clumpy, sticky waste into the river, and over time the sludge would build up constricting the discharge. Mercury was heavy and scrubbed out that bottom layer in the pipe quite well, until Big Government discovered the side effects.
Paper straws manufactured today wouldn’t use those chemicals and elements, and according to dan c’s one time analysis, they fall apart quite rapidly.
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