12/15/2011 - Moore Creek and McCullough Creek

Paddled up two of Mobile's urban waterways - Moore Creek and McCullough Creek today and saw plenty of trash in the water, some of it hazardous to human health. One of the spray cans, not completely empty, had the ingredients Nylar (causes deformities in dragonflies), Pyrethrins (extremely toxic to fish and toxic to bees), MGKr264 (possible human carcinogen), and Permethrin (classified as cancer causing and highly toxic to fish). When a pressurized spray can with toxins rusts to the point that it releases the content into the water and it goes unnoticed, does it matter? Only if you are the one that gets the poisonous molecule from the bottled water that turns on the cancer trigger in your body. Know anyone who has had cancer? Could there be any relation between cancer and the poisoning of our water?

Unfortunate cormorant has metal embedded in its right wing. Ow!

How do I feel about Democrats and Republicans?

Caution: Poisons destin for release into your water.

Caution: Poisons destin for release into your water.

Illegal landfill - Hazardous waste in the water. Your water. All water is interconnected.

Coating creek bottoms with plastic bags. Could lining the waterways with plastic cause problems with natural seepage into the aquifers? If water cannot seep through plastic, then aquifers cannot be recharged and aquifer levels drop.

Is this natural or is it your water high on chemicals?

Is this natural or is it your water high on chemicals?

Need a computer monitor? Just go to any of Mobile's urban streams and pick one up for free. The EPA considers Cathode Ray Tube monitors as Hazardous Waste.

Caution: Poison destined to be released into your water.