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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCinnamon, Vanilla Detected In Water Samples, Which Scientists Hope Will Prove A Broader Point
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Cinnamon, Vanilla Detected In Water Samples, Which Scientists Hope Will Prove A Broader Point
http://www.wpr.org/node/1037481
Water Scientists Say Human Behavior Affects Health Of Waterways
By Scottie Lee Meyers
Tuesday, December 20, 2016, 3:15pm
There's an experiment water scientists like to do this time of year to prove the point that human behavior affects the health of our lakes and rivers and other waterways.
Cinnamon and vanilla are two ingredients we tend to consume more of during the holidays, be it for meals on the Thanksgiving table, batches of gingerbread cookies or the seasonal cup of coffee.
Sure enough, researchers have detected the deliciously innocent spices in waterways throughout the country when they take water samples in early winter.
In fact, oceanographers in Washington found that come December, the fish of Puget Sound swim in a "big, dilute latte." .............
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Cinnamon, Vanilla Detected In Water Samples, Which Scientists Hope Will Prove A Broader Point (Original Post)
riversedge
Dec 2016
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NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)1. Maybe water has memory and remembers it's Christmas
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)2. It's all those ferries.
Puget Sound has a lot of ferry traffic, and passengers drink huge quantities of coffee in the winter. Starbucks of course. They probably spill a million gallons a day into the water. That would explain the hyperactive Orcas.
Orrex
(63,247 posts)3. Sugar plum ferries?
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)6. By coincidence, yes!
Several years ago, I designed a Christmas card that featured a ferry with arms and legs, doing a dance. The idea was that Christmas was the time of year for the Dance of the Sugar Plum Ferries.