Comment Re: RTFA (Score 3, Informative) 247
Did I suggest that or are you a halfwit?
I have been pretty clear from my FIRST post that I don't really care.
Ban the fucking beads. I don't care.
Did that process in your little brain? How many times do I have to say that for you morons to grasp that?
Okay, so you righteous chewing out concluded, my point is that if these beads are making it through and they have a lower density... why are they getting through the settling tanks? Am saying "if this is a problem, we probably have OTHER problems that we don't even know about." Thus shouldn't we just make the treatment process better? Not because of these beads... because again... ban them... I do not care... but rather this should be a wake up call that the treatment facilities need to be improved.
Do you understand NOW? Or are you just that stupid?
And I love that you suggested that I suggested that we use a medical centrifuge to clean sewage. I did no such thing. I was pointing out that they would absolutely sort by density. that is all. I also pointed out that maybe we could use an INDUSTRIAL centrifuge to further filter water.
So run the water through the settling tanks to remove most of the particulates. Then power up a giant centrifuge to filter the product of the tanks.
Maybe that isn't practical. I don't know how much energy that would gobble. But that was the closest I got to that idea. I at no point suggested we use tiny medical centrifuges to process municipal levels of sewage.
You're an idiot.
You are being down-voted because you are acting like a child, or perhaps you are a child. If you do a quick search online you'll find plenty of resources about the question you have. I've given you a link to an article and the relevant portions of the article below. It took me 1 minute to find this. If you want to participate in a discussion you should consider doing some research before spouting, "why why why." Only kids should be allowed to do that.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/tiny-plastic-microbeads-pile-problems-great-lakes/
BRANDIS FRIEDMAN: Microbeads end up in the waterways because water treatment plants simply can’t catch them. They’re too small.
DAVID ST. PIERRE, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago: So small that even if there’s a sand filter in a plant, it doesn’t stop them from passing through the plant and into the water environment.
BRANDIS FRIEDMAN: This is the third step in the water treatment process, where water is aerated, so lighter material rises to the top and heavier waste sinks to the bottom. But somewhere in the mix are still the microbeads, which make it through this entire multistep process and are sent out to the sanitary and ship canal along with fully treated water.
Pretty much nothing that you all can do about that?
DAVID ST. PIERRE: Not without a significant investment.
BRANDIS FRIEDMAN: David St. Pierre is the executive director of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. He argues we should focus on prevention.
DAVID ST. PIERRE: If we were to adapt our plants to deal with microbeads, it would be a very expensive process. If we deal with it on front end, we take care of it before it’s a problem by eliminating it as a pollutant source, very inexpensive way to deal with the problem.
