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Title: Arkansas River
Post by: DolfanBob on October 26, 2011, 04:05:20 PM
Anybody hear of this ? And what do you know about Benzene ?
http://alerts.skytruth.org/report/a0257d89-cd61-3643-b1b6-2bd658a991c1
Title: Re: Arkansas River
Post by: DTowner on October 26, 2011, 04:26:00 PM
Report describes it has benzene washing into the river in July or Aug of 1991.  That is either a typo and it's a little late to get worried.
Title: Re: Arkansas River
Post by: AquaMan on October 26, 2011, 04:51:04 PM
Why would there be a benzene spill at 5th and Denver?
Title: Re: Arkansas River
Post by: heironymouspasparagus on October 26, 2011, 08:12:18 PM
It's gasoline.  Mostly.


Title: Re: Arkansas River
Post by: Breadburner on October 27, 2011, 07:34:21 AM
Thats about the dumbest thing I have ever read......
Title: Re: Arkansas River
Post by: carltonplace on October 27, 2011, 08:03:15 AM
Aaaahhhhh! ...breath...Aaaaahhhh!!!!...breath....Aaaahhhh!!!!!
Title: Re: Arkansas River
Post by: DolfanBob on October 27, 2011, 09:21:42 AM
Quote from: DTowner on October 26, 2011, 04:26:00 PM
Report describes it has benzene washing into the river in July or Aug of 1991.  That is either a typo and it's a little late to get worried.

Thats what I thought too, but this is what is posted above that 1991 phone call.

Incident Time: 2011-10-25 17:00:00
Nearest City: Tulsa, OK
Incident Type: FIXED
Material: BENZENE
Title: Re: Arkansas River
Post by: heironymouspasparagus on October 27, 2011, 11:12:22 AM
Here is the whole NRC report.

http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/reports/rwservlet?standard_web+inc_seq=993572

They just take reports.  Typo.

Probably a truck or car sprung a gas tank leak.

Title: Re: Arkansas River
Post by: dbacks fan on October 27, 2011, 03:02:41 PM
Maybe some one was getting rid of all the Aqua Velva they've gotten as gifts over the years. ;)

QuoteIn the 19th and early-20th centuries, benzene was used as an after-shave lotion because of its pleasant smell. Prior to the 1920s, benzene was frequently used as an industrial solvent, especially for degreasing metal. As its toxicity became obvious, benzene was supplanted by other solvents, especially toluene (methyl benzene), which has similar physical properties but is not as carcinogenic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene)