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• Interesting & Reasonable response about NO SOAP - legal standards
  • Never mind the soap in the gray water.......
  • Definitely a reasonable response...
  • "all chemicals are prohibited" - I assume that includes H2O?
    • The FAQs of DHMO
      • The scary part about DHMO is that it is everywhere
        • I understand traces of it have even been found on Mars.
    • What is a "chemical" ?? the word is not
      • NaCl is a chemical (in some applications). Try keeping that out of Puget Sound
        • All matter is chemicals.
          • Agreed, which demonstrates that the laws, and campagns against "chemicals" are
            • chemicals
          • Which also means...
            • But therein lies the problem...
              • Sounds like an issue for the ACLU but I doubt they would take it.
            • The problem is that too few people in our society have a clue about basic science...
              • I watched a lady dump a load of corn husks into Block Island's Salt Pond
                • Corn husks may be natural and biodegradable, but...
                  • natural
                    • You are exactly the sort of person I was referring to...
                      • People ARE part of the ecosystem
                        • I think Todd said "marine" ecosystem (not just "ecosystem")...seems germane to the discussion.
                          • People like DDW only believe in technology as the fix for everything...
                            • I'm unclear how you could make that conclusion based on what I said.
                              • Just feeling snarky last night
                      • After a hurricane or a storm like that in Rhode Island last winter . . .
                        • People weren't a big factor until quite recently
                          • Population growth is THE problem...
                            • I favor a different model...
                              • I'd vote for that.
                            • Would it be pro rated?
        • You salty dog :^)
  • Interesting and reasonable but still missed your point
  • OK, I'll weigh in here . . .
    • Thanks for clearing the air
    • you mentioned that human beings can't be point sources that require a permit as in peeing in the water so...
      • specific regulations covering that