Poison In The Rockies Summary
The "Poison In The Rockies" video informs the public about the effects of the events in the Rocky mountain
area. The Rocky mountains are involved around a huge amount of mining for ores and minerals. The events
of mining have occurred since the first people migrated toward the west up until now. Although the people are
able to make a wealth to this, it comes with a price. Many chemicals (many proven to be toxic) are released
into the environment eventually leading into the local water. This is referred to as Acid Mine Drainage. These
events are mostly located in the abandoned mines from long ago. Due to the lack of monitoring, chemicals
have been known to leak out. The contaminated waters are also creating many sub-effects such as acid
rain and poisoning/deaths of many organisms that require the once clean water. There are however ways
we can counter this. With education for the people, we are able to make the government enforce laws
such as the clean waters act to make the water drinkable and swim-able again. An education for the people is
always a great counter as it informs the people of the problems and effects of these situations.
area. The Rocky mountains are involved around a huge amount of mining for ores and minerals. The events
of mining have occurred since the first people migrated toward the west up until now. Although the people are
able to make a wealth to this, it comes with a price. Many chemicals (many proven to be toxic) are released
into the environment eventually leading into the local water. This is referred to as Acid Mine Drainage. These
events are mostly located in the abandoned mines from long ago. Due to the lack of monitoring, chemicals
have been known to leak out. The contaminated waters are also creating many sub-effects such as acid
rain and poisoning/deaths of many organisms that require the once clean water. There are however ways
we can counter this. With education for the people, we are able to make the government enforce laws
such as the clean waters act to make the water drinkable and swim-able again. An education for the people is
always a great counter as it informs the people of the problems and effects of these situations.