Re: [Amc-list] fluid disposalZ

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
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" Antifreeze is nasty stuff, very toxic, it's chemically similar to
" some organic stuff so bodies take it in and it ruins livers etc.

that's true, but there are many microorganisms - more tolerant than us
multicellular organisms - that can happily eat this stuff.*  dissolved
heavy metals would be a valid reason to not fluch it down the drain,
but ethylene glycol shouldn't be.

* 'bioremediation' - selected microorganisms - is the most effective
way to clean pcb and avgas contaminated soil.
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