Comments on: Hell in the Pacific? http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/04/hell-in-the-pacific/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hell-in-the-pacific EPA's Blog About Our World Thu, 23 May 2013 16:26:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: bob http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/04/hell-in-the-pacific/comment-page-1/#comment-48828 bob Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:03:28 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=2015#comment-48828 GMO crops should be high on the EPAs agenda but they dont address this issue properly either. As they allow the destruction of the natural spiecies of the world we will look back and say what happend. We know what is happening yet we do nothing.

]]> By: bob http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/04/hell-in-the-pacific/comment-page-1/#comment-48827 bob Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:00:13 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=2015#comment-48827 why worry about that as you drink water that contains chlorine and floride and other contaminants. PS, the trees animals and fish drink it to.

]]> By: Dan HAddox http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/04/hell-in-the-pacific/comment-page-1/#comment-38160 Dan HAddox Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:57:24 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=2015#comment-38160 Washington denies a lot. Their is ever expanding proof of chemtrails. keep spreading the word, education of the public is the only way to fight Washington.

]]> By: Lorraine Ridge http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/04/hell-in-the-pacific/comment-page-1/#comment-30216 Lorraine Ridge Sun, 02 May 2010 13:31:29 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=2015#comment-30216 But what to do about it, Henry? The Whitehouse denies that there is any issue and refers me to the enviromental agengy.

]]> By: c.v.antony http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/04/hell-in-the-pacific/comment-page-1/#comment-28827 c.v.antony Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:18:55 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=2015#comment-28827 Wish we have eco friendly packagings.

]]> By: Jeanethe Falvey http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/04/hell-in-the-pacific/comment-page-1/#comment-28766 Jeanethe Falvey Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:29:36 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=2015#comment-28766 Thank you all for your great comments! The more of us that think about these issues the better, I appreciate you taking time to read this blog! ~Jeanethe

]]> By: Michael E. Bailey http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/04/hell-in-the-pacific/comment-page-1/#comment-28725 Michael E. Bailey Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:17:59 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=2015#comment-28725 Litter knows no boundaries. All we can do with that is the best we can. I hope more corporations will cut the amount of packaging and make the packaging they have be really biodegradeable so it will disentigrate in the compost pile. We have a litter clean up program that is on-going seven days a week with the city gargeners on the Oso Creek Trail and they do a great job keeping the trail clean. The grocery cart patrol we have does a really great job keeping the trail path, water, creek bank and hills above the path free of abandoned grocery carts 7 days a week. But the trail is still not completely free of litter because the wind blows paper scraps off the parking lot onto the trail. But major stretches of the trail do stay clean and the overall amount of litter has gotten alot less since last summer. Best wishes, Michael E. Bailey.

]]> By: Al Bannet http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/04/hell-in-the-pacific/comment-page-1/#comment-28717 Al Bannet Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:02:43 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=2015#comment-28717 The plastic trash that is washing up on beaches around the World is caused by illegal ocean dumping of tons of garbage. The legal authorities know this and they know who is doing it, but they refuse to do anything to stop it. The only thing that CAN stop it is to establish 100% recycling of all waste and garbage around the World by international agreement. But none of them will even talk about such a reform, let alone do anything about it! I guess they’re too scared.

]]> By: allans http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/04/hell-in-the-pacific/comment-page-1/#comment-28702 allans Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:04:10 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=2015#comment-28702 While everyone is upset with trash, especially along pristine beaches and coral reefs, much of that trash most likely was generated elsewhere and drifted in the tides for years before ending up on the shore line.

Like you, I’ve found Palau to be very pristine and the people there take pride in keeping it that way and need to commend them for maintaining it in that condition. They are also very protective of their mangrove coastline buffers which protect their coral from runoff.

It’s only a shame that the US and Japanese government haven’t done more to clean up the land of the ravages, waste and debris left over from WWII.

I commend you for taking the effort to help them maintain that pristine condition and we all need to follow your example.

]]> By: Matt Tichon http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2010/04/hell-in-the-pacific/comment-page-1/#comment-28698 Matt Tichon Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:44:01 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=2015#comment-28698 What a great article that helps really shed some light on the far reaching impacts of pollution! It is a shame that such a pristine place is already impacted by the carelessness from people on other countries and continents far away. While I do not consider myself an environmentalist I surely love the outdoors and think that we all need to realize that our planet is a small place and work to leave nature in it’s natural state, the perfect way that it was created! Thanks Jeanethe for helping to make us a bit smarter on the topic, keep up your good efforts!

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