Daily Grist:BARNACLE-KILLING CHEMICAL WILL BE BANNED

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At 02:07 PM 9/4/07, you wrote:

>Can't Hit the Broad Side of a Barnacle

>Barnacle-killing chemical will be banned

>

>Nasty chemical tributyltin, used to rid ship hulls of barnacles and algae,

>will be banned under an international treaty expected to be ratified

>within the next few days. TBT is cheap, effective, used on nearly all of

>the world's 30,000 commercial vessels -- and deemed by the U.S. EPA to be

>the most toxic chemical ever deliberately released into the world's

>waters. And that's saying something. The chemical has " profound

>reproductive effects " and kills off not only barnacles and algae, but

>other marine life. Says a representative of WWF, " It's a tremendous

>victory for the marine environment. "

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>source: McClatchy News

 

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, The Havens

<thehavens wrote:

>

> At 02:07 PM 9/4/07, you wrote:

> >Can't Hit the Broad Side of a Barnacle

> >Barnacle-killing chemical will be banned

> >

> >Nasty chemical tributyltin, used to rid ship hulls of barnacles

and algae,

> >will be banned under an international treaty expected to be

ratified

> >within the next few days. TBT is cheap, effective, used on nearly

all of

> >the world's 30,000 commercial vessels -- and deemed by the U.S.

EPA to be

> >the most toxic chemical ever deliberately released into the

world's

> >waters. And that's saying something. The chemical has " profound

> >reproductive effects " and kills off not only barnacles and algae,

but

> >other marine life. Says a representative of WWF, " It's a

tremendous

> >victory for the marine environment. "

> >

> >[ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ]

> >source: McClatchy News

>

> ******

> Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky

> http://www.thehavens.com/

> thehavens

> 606-376-3363

>

>

>

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