When We Were Kids We ate Lead Paint and Sucked Toxic Crayola Crayons . . . We Survived! . . . A Little Ingestion of Toxic Chemicals Builds Character....

The man-made water catastrophe that the mainstream media would love to sweep under the rug:

(CNN) -- The lingering smell of licorice closed several schools around Charleston, West Virginia, on Thursday, nearly a month after a chemical spill that left more than a quarter million people without water.

The unscheduled holidays underscore ongoing public concern about whether the water is safe to drink after a methanol compound leaked from a tank farm upstream from Charleston. Though state and federal officials tried to reassure residents this week, "We are still getting feedback that there is a level of worry," said Laura Jordan, a spokeswoman for West Virginia American Water, the local water company.

Jordan said the licorice odor given off by the chemical -- 4-methylcyclohexane methanol, known as MCHM -- is so strong that it can be picked up even if there is no detectable amount in the water.

The chemical, used to clean coal to reduce ash, leaked into the Elk River and from there into Charleston's water supply on January 9. The result was a do-not-use order that left about 300,000 people in the area unable to drink or bathe in their water, some for more than a week.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/06/us/west-virginia-chemical-spill/


And,

Eighteen schools reported the odor on Thursday and Friday, according to Kanawha County school officials. Only one test at those schools -- the one at GW -- found evidence of the chemical.

On Thursday, three Charleston elementary schools, J.E. Robins, Watts and Overbrook, sent students home early after staff members reported the odor.

Nicole Carte, a cook at J.E. Robins, said that when she turned on the dishwasher Thursday morning, she immediately smelled licorice and her eyes began burning. Brandy Holstein, another cook, became nauseous.

Riverside High and Midland Trail Elementary, both in the Belle area, released students early Wednesday and were closed Thursday because of complaints of the chemical's telltale licorice odor.

One Riverside teacher fainted and was taken to the hospital. A student also was taken to the hospital. Several others complained of lightheadedness, burning eyes and burning noses.

Lora Young, the head cook at Midland Trail, said she felt dizzy and faint all morning.

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201402070043


Would you let your kids drink and bathe in that water dear readers?  Would you trust the same people who have ignored oversight of these toxic industries for decades when they tell you the water is just fine and safe for human usage and consumption?

The title of this post is a mocking reference to exactly what we all know that the right wing business community people are thinking, but do not have the balls to say publicly.  It also reminds The Gadfly of this classic Monty Python skit:

"Oh we used to dream of living in a corridor!  Woulda' been a palace to us! "
"We were evicted from our hole in the ground!  We had to go and live in a lake! "
"You were lucky to live in a lake.  There were 150 of us living in a shoe box in the middle of the road! "

"And you try to tell the young people of today that - and they won't believe you. " 

Tell The Gadfly that that isn't the American 1% elites parodied with frighteningly deadly accuracy?



----TFG