nature pics

Wild Self · July 2012

I need to step up my travel game up to another level.

lostsamuraisotaku · July 2012

Hokkaido, Japan

unspoken_respect · July 2012

Ummm...what's that black floating stuff?

supYo · July 2012

wow...

Lurker6 · July 2012

lake moraine.........aga

unspoken respect wrote: »

Ummm...what's that black floating stuff?

@unspoken respect
The Department of Water and Power workers in Los Angeles, as well as local officials and community activists opened a white tub from where they poured 400,000 black colored balls into the water.

It is an action intended to protect the quality of L.A. drinking water and preventing it from becoming a health hazard. The water needs to be protected and in the shade because of its composition of bromate and chlorine – if exposed to large amounts of sunlight, it could cause a chemical reaction and in high levels can cause cancer.

Last year, abnormally high levels of bromide were signaled, but specialists claimed that danger levels were low because people had to drink the water for a lifetime - even so, the chances of contracting cancer were minimal.

After the discovery of bromate, officials began to search for a method to shade the Ivanhoe and Elysian Reservoirs, but all suggested options would need time and a helluva lot of money. Instead, local government followed the advice of a DWP biologist who came with the idea to use these black plastic balls you see in the pictures

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Louis Cipher · July 2012

unspoken respect wrote: »

Ummm...what's that black floating stuff?

they are plastic balls

articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/10/local/me-balls10

unspoken_respect · July 2012

Lurker6 wrote: »

lake moraine.........aga

unspoken respect wrote: »

Ummm...what's that black floating stuff?

@unspoken respect
The Department of Water and Power workers in Los Angeles, as well as local officials and community activists opened a white tub from where they poured 400,000 black colored balls into the water.

It is an action intended to protect the quality of L.A. drinking water and preventing it from becoming a health hazard. The water needs to be protected and in the shade because of its composition of bromate and chlorine – if exposed to large amounts of sunlight, it could cause a chemical reaction and in high levels can cause cancer.

Last year, abnormally high levels of bromide were signaled, but specialists claimed that danger levels were low because people had to drink the water for a lifetime - even so, the chances of contracting cancer were minimal.

After the discovery of bromate, officials began to search for a method to shade the Ivanhoe and Elysian Reservoirs, but all suggested options would need time and a helluva lot of money. Instead, local government followed the advice of a DWP biologist who came with the idea to use these black plastic balls you see in the pictures

Thank you

unspoken_respect · July 2012

Louis Cipher wrote: »

unspoken respect wrote: »

Ummm...what's that black floating stuff?

they are plastic balls

articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/10/local/me-balls10

Thank you

VIBE · July 2012

But plastic in the heat releases the harmful chemicals in it, so it would contaminate the water. They tell you not to drink out of used water bottle or water bottles left in hot cars.