Presentation Gender Benders: Contaminants in the Bow River

[Russ C]

http://www.friendsoffishcreek.org/content/view/25/1/
This is a link to a presentation by the Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society for anyone that is interested. Russ C

[Lefty-Canuck]

This is a very real and scary issue that waterways face......bioaccumulation and feminization is not good...

LC

[Dust1n]

lots more not even mentioned either from the railroads....sad thing is it wont be fixed in time because the toilets will always be flushing....
it might help out on the RDR though with the lack of females

[bloopbloob]

Well there is a simple solution...... make female (pill) birth control illegal, or just not let them pee in toilets. Makes perfect sense to me!

Edit: FH7 - Railroads? Never heard anything about that, care to elaborate?

[Dust1n]

well from the guy i was talking to while on the shores of the bow. a homeless guy said he wouldnt eat the fish from here. i asked him why not out of curiosity (wouldnt keep a trout anyways...) he said theres lots of pollutants and secrets that the town has locked away. like the railroad dip* they used to treat wood. they just burried it...they didnt even pump it out. and he said the storm drainages are always working. i noticed on the bow even after 1 week of hot sun they still run. i thought that was realy weried...anyway im sure i left alot of it out

[fishzilla]

Originally Posted by Fish Hunter7

well from the guy i was talking to while on the shores of the bow. a homeless guy said he wouldnt eat the fish from here. i asked him why not out of curiosity (wouldnt keep a trout anyways...) he said theres lots of pollutants and secrets that the town has locked away. like the railroad dip* they used to treat wood. they just burried it...they didnt even pump it out. and he said the storm drainages are always working. i noticed on the bow even after 1 week of hot sun they still run. i thought that was realy weried...anyway im sure i left alot of it out

I think he was referring to creosote used to treat railroad ties. Its an oily substance that is absorbed by plants and water and doesn't break down too fast. Its bad because if its in the water it can be easily absorbed by humans which can cause health problems. I'm not really sure why they would bury it though doesn't make sense he's probably just paranoid.

[Dust1n]

Originally Posted by fishzilla

I think he was referring to creosote used to treat railroad ties. Its an oily substance that is absorbed by plants and water and doesn't break down too fast. Its bad because if its in the water it can be easily absorbed by humans which can cause health problems. I'm not really sure why they would bury it though doesn't make sense he's probably just paranoid.

even though he was homeless he seemed like he was a guy who new alot about calgarys past.

[bloopbloob]

buried the treated ties? or just the chemicals. Either way I Doubt it. My dad worked for the railroad for 20+ years, and the used ties were collected and sold. there was even a waiting list for people to get them.

[Dust1n]

Originally Posted by bloopbloob

buried the treated ties? or just the chemicals. Either way I Doubt it. My dad worked for the railroad for 20+ years, and the used ties were collected and sold. there was even a waiting list for people to get them.

not the ties the pollutants* or the stuff that treats the wood. but its not 100% true.
kinda like tarry stuff

[Vacation]

I do remediation and reclamation, you would be shocked by the things that that get buried. There are a lot of things people know are buried but don't want to spend the bucks to clean up. I am sure they buried some ties among other things. Quick and easy way to make things disappear. Leaching into GW and waterbodies for years to come. Natural attenuation is the cheapest solution...sigh.

[chubbdarter]

Originally Posted by bloopbloob

buried the treated ties? or just the chemicals. Either way I Doubt it. My dad worked for the railroad for 20+ years, and the used ties were collected and sold. there was even a waiting list for people to get them.

I dont beleive ties were deep sixed.....but the main function of the old Canada Creasote plant on the Bow river was to treat rail road ties

http://www.riverwatch.ab.ca/viewpoin...specialist.cfm