[semiquaver]

But there is no evidence that they are dumping stuff they don’t have a permit for. Finding 1% over background levels in a sample tells you literally nothing.

Industrial waste is called such for a reason.

[xg15]

> Industrial waste is called such for a reason.

Which is why you shouldn't dump it in a river used for fishing? (Or any river for that matter)

[foxglacier]

I don't think you understand that people pee lithium into their toilets too. But you didn't just read an article riling you up to being mad at the municipal sewage industry so you aren't mad at it at the moment.

[xg15]

Yes, and you shouldn't dump untreated municipal wastewater into rivers either? That's what we have treatment plants for. I don't get what that has to do with anything.

[lazide]

The treatment plants discharge water with waaay higher levels of exactly what everyone is complaining about here.

[john_strinlai]

>But there is no evidence that they are dumping stuff they don’t have a permit for

well, except for the hexavalent chromium and arsenic findings. but yeah, more testing is needed, and the article is premature.