Wednesday, December 06, 2006

And you think county government is not important to you? by gimleteye

Take the Miami “Does my neighbor have prostate cancer test” by gimleteye


How many wells drilled into the Biscayne aquifer provide drinking water to 2.3 million Miami-Dade citizens?

What is benzene?

How many wells were shut down in 2006, because of benzene contamination?

How many wells are still shut down?

Why is there benzene in your drinking water wells?

Who permitted polluters to apply for local permits to blast rock pits near our drinking water wells without public hearings? (your county commission)

Who chairs the county commission committee responsible for doing the business of rock miners? (Natacha Seijas)

Who chairs the county commission committee responsible for oversight of drinking water? (Natacha Seijas)

Who promoted zoning changes and building permits and rock mining permits too close to our drinking water supply? (Natacha Seijas)

Who continually sought to block and repress scientific study of possible water contamination sources of our drinking water?

When did Natacha Seijas first learn about benzene pollution of Miami-Dade drinking water?

Who fired Bill Brandt, former director of Miami-Dade Water and Sewer? (Natacha Seijas)

Who asked Bill Brandt, then director of WASA, not to put anything in written memos concerning benzene pollution?

What are maximum limits for benzene in drinking water?

What levels, in comparison, of benzene have been found in Miami-Dade drinking water wells?

What kind of backup is there to assure that no drinking water with benzene pollution ends up in your faucet?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is amazing.

I think you left out who is killing the Watershed Study?

That study has been torpedoed this week by NS and her 10,000.00 buddies.

Anonymous said...

I think someone should send a freedom of information request to the Dept of Sewer & Water to get the answers to these questions - at least those that are in the control of the county such as what is the benzene content in our water and we should be able to find out what the safe level is - do you know the answers already, Genius?? If you do, don't keep us in suspense.

Geniusofdespair said...

Yes anonymous, I know that: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers 5 pbb of benzene as the maximum safe level in tap water. It is interesting to note: Both the FDA and America's soft drinks association have known for 15 years that benzene could form in soft drinks containing a combination of sodium benzoate and ascorbic acid (vitamin C). Welcome to our world!

Anonymous said...

I certainly dont like Natacha Seijas! It is amazing that these people get away with such nonsense! This information should be talked about on local television.