Our (Not So) Pristine National Parks: 70 Contaminants and Counting

[Allison (Alli) Rogers]

Thought you would all be interested to see this Treehugger post --

"Our (Not So) Pristine National Parks: 70 Contaminants and Counting"

The verdict is in and it ain't pretty: Our cherished, "pristine" national parks and monuments are wallowing in filth - more specifically, a wide variety of pollutants such as heavy metals, airborne contaminants and pesticides. In a piece for the AP, Matthew Brown reports on the results of a 6-year federal study - the Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Project - on the state of the Western U.S.'s national parks; the results indicate the presence of high levels of contaminants in the 20 parks and monuments - even in remote locations like the high Rockies and northern Alaska. A large proportion of the contaminants is believed to have come from overseas - mostly from Europe and Asia. ... For the rest of the story, click here:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/03/not-pristine-parks.php