Speak The Truth Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 http://imuseum.im/search/archive_record/view?id=mnh-museum-123794&type=archive&tab=all&from=0&term=dredger&size=20&sort=&filter=&view=&images=&ttmgp=0&rfname=&rlname=&machine=&race=&raceyear=&linked=0&pos=5 http://imuseum.im/search/archive_record/view?id=mnh-museum-123793&type=archive&tab=all&from=0&term=dredger&size=20&sort=&filter=&view=&images=&ttmgp=0&rfname=&rlname=&machine=&race=&raceyear=&linked=0&pos=11 They didn't check the silt in them days and everybody died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 If only, it's silt with heavy metal contamination. Not much of a difference, but one study pointed out that mussels from White Strand already had the highest lead concentration of all the areas they studied around the Irish Sea, so it makes a difference. Good that they're starting the dredging, presumably a good deal of chin-stroking has gone into the disposal strategy. But it's already contaminated the sea if it's in the harbour... The amount is tiny, just get it in the sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 They're literally making a mountain out of a molehill. It's silt from a tiny little harbour that already connects to the irish sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bastard Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 If only, it's silt with heavy metal contamination. Not much of a difference, but one study pointed out that mussels from White Strand already had the highest lead concentration of all the areas they studied around the Irish Sea, so it makes a difference. Good that they're starting the dredging, presumably a good deal of chin-stroking has gone into the disposal strategy. But it's already contaminated the sea if it's in the harbour... The amount is tiny, just get it in the sea Hang on, that's what they say at Sellafield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 how long have you worked for JCK, the bastard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bastard Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 /thread dies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speak The Truth Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 /thread dies Why? Did your tree blow over in the storm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homarus Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 If only, it's silt with heavy metal contamination. Not much of a difference, but one study pointed out that mussels from White Strand already had the highest lead concentration of all the areas they studied around the Irish Sea, so it makes a difference. Good that they're starting the dredging, presumably a good deal of chin-stroking has gone into the disposal strategy. I recall as a boy one particularly hot TT week ,selling a half dead edible crab to a bunch of German bikers,also showing them where they could get these massive big black Mussels that grew inside the Peel harbour mouth. They were well impressed and picked loads ,I later heard on Manx Radio that some German tourists had been taken ill on the ferry back to the Uk . Always wondered about that?? Moral being that Peel Harbour has been polluted for decades well before the Marina was built, with a busy fishing fleet pumping out Deisel directly into the harbour ,tons of fish guts and brick spoil being sluiced into the Neb directly opposite West Marine (You can still see the sluice if you look just below the bridge across to the workshops ,you also had the runoff from Peel power station ,and yet the Harbour was full of Eels ,flounder and Mullet , and plenty of Salmon were running upriver. I'd say the rivers are far cleaner now than at that time !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 http://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/re-think-over-peel-marina-silt-disposal/And it carries on. The silt from a tiny harbour. Which has been in the water. Which is the same water from the irish sea. Which also connects to the Mersey and other polluting channels. And they're worried about this silt so much they're throwing money around to try and make the problem go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speak The Truth Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 They will now look for a site to put it where, because it is such a deadly contaminant, it will then pollute the land instead of being diluted by the sea. Only one winner here JCK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 It's fucking ludicrous. It'll cause more problems on the land than it will in the sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homarus Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 This what happens when you bus in legions highly trained off island biologists,tree huggers and the like ,to show the local yokels the errors of their ways . They need these projects to keep busy show how clever they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Just dump it in the sea FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homarus Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Just dump it in the sea FFS. You could pump it into the lower harbour just below the flap gates with the tide on the ebb late on in the year in the middle of any major rainfall(Flood) the water's already like gravy and traveling out to sea at a rate of knots! ETA. And it's the same silt that's been firing down the river for centuries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speak The Truth Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 http://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/high-lead-levels-in-peel-harbour/ OK - so the question is - where are all these contaminated materials coming from? Answer - from the previous mining operations in the Foxdale area, and, almost certainly, from the contaminated run off from the former tip at the Raggat. Next question: As the government is aware that contaminants, that they state, are a danger to public health, are being washed down to the marina in Peel from miles upstream and as the government has a duty to protect the public from exposure to toxic materials and waste why? 1) Has there not been any effort to prevent said toxic material travelling miles to settle in Peel marina? 2) Has the government failed to protect the public by banning the catching and consumption of any fish in the rivers below Foxdale? 3) Does the government continue to transfer, by vehicle, tip run off water from the Raggat that they then deposit into a drain that feeds directly into the marina, (water that if it contained no toxins it would be more efficient to allow to run directly into the Neb which is situated less than 100 meters from the collection point)? 4) Has the government failed to prevent livestock that is bound for the human food chain from watering from said contaminated sources? 5) Has the government not protected the public by banning access to the marina, the shore in Peel and especially from allowing, especially children, to bathe in that water? The government has a legal and constitutional duty to protect the public and to prevent pollution. With the creation of a silt trap contaminants would be prevented from reaching Peel marina. Why is it that government is permitted to ignore its responsibilities when any private company or person doing the same would feel the full weight of the law? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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