Comments on: Terrible Oil Spill in Kuwait http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/terrible-oil-spill-in-kuwait/ Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Both are designers, Mark works in advertising while Nat runs her own design studio called Push+Pull. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: NicoleB http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/terrible-oil-spill-in-kuwait/#comment-501185 NicoleB Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:09:55 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6202#comment-501185 There's a new spill. Happened yesterday in the Mangaf area. It seems to be a small one, but what do I know. There’s a new spill. Happened yesterday in the Mangaf area.
It seems to be a small one, but what do I know.

]]> By: Desert Girl http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/terrible-oil-spill-in-kuwait/#comment-455155 Desert Girl Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:40:21 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6202#comment-455155 Kuwait still hasn't cleaned up the oil lakes from when the Iraqis opened the valves upon their departure in 91. Retribution from Iraq and funds from the UN were supposed to cover this. Nothing has been done while 17 years of oil contamination is seeping into the water table - and yes, giving your children cancer. (BTW, Teach, I seem to remember something about the US being here to help liberate Kuwait during 91. Maybe I'm wrong. If you do a google search, you will find out that some of the radioactive waste you mentioned was shipped TO the United States: http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MzgwNTU1MTUz) There are many environmental issues that the government is turning a blind eye to: air polution (vehicles and what is coming out of power and oil plants), water pollution (oil isn't the only thing being dumped in the Bay; So is sewage, industrial run-off, anything coming from anywhere that is inside tanker hulls being flushed into the bay), high-voltage power lines close to residential areas and homes, litter and material pollution (ever seen the desert after camp season? Have you ever sat in your car and ordered a sandwich on Restaurants Street and seen how many "Kuwait-loving" citizens throw trash right out their car windows? Did you know about the stockpile of used tires waiting for fire to occur in Jahra?) and, don't even get me started on noise pollution! Pollution in Kuwait is consistent and rampant; So is apathy. Kuwait still hasn’t cleaned up the oil lakes from when the Iraqis opened the valves upon their departure in 91. Retribution from Iraq and funds from the UN were supposed to cover this. Nothing has been done while 17 years of oil contamination is seeping into the water table – and yes, giving your children cancer.

(BTW, Teach, I seem to remember something about the US being here to help liberate Kuwait during 91. Maybe I’m wrong. If you do a google search, you will find out that some of the radioactive waste you mentioned was shipped TO the United States: http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MzgwNTU1MTUz)

There are many environmental issues that the government is turning a blind eye to: air polution (vehicles and what is coming out of power and oil plants), water pollution (oil isn’t the only thing being dumped in the Bay; So is sewage, industrial run-off, anything coming from anywhere that is inside tanker hulls being flushed into the bay), high-voltage power lines close to residential areas and homes, litter and material pollution (ever seen the desert after camp season? Have you ever sat in your car and ordered a sandwich on Restaurants Street and seen how many “Kuwait-loving” citizens throw trash right out their car windows? Did you know about the stockpile of used tires waiting for fire to occur in Jahra?) and, don’t even get me started on noise pollution!

Pollution in Kuwait is consistent and rampant; So is apathy.

]]> By: hh http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/terrible-oil-spill-in-kuwait/#comment-455024 hh Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:13:44 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6202#comment-455024 I've heard that a lot of the possibly radioactive soil is being dug up for future construction in some places, spreading the sediment into the air and sea. i hope the sand sent to utah is part of remediation rather than simply study for another purpose. comment #8: i hope you're kidding. I’ve heard that a lot of the possibly radioactive soil is being dug up for future construction in some places, spreading the sediment into the air and sea.

i hope the sand sent to utah is part of remediation rather than simply study for another purpose.

comment #8: i hope you’re kidding.

]]> By: pearls http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/terrible-oil-spill-in-kuwait/#comment-455022 pearls Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:00:02 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6202#comment-455022 my gosh! my gosh!

]]> By: Realist http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/terrible-oil-spill-in-kuwait/#comment-454989 Realist Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:47:00 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6202#comment-454989 I expect a decent post about this and hopefully a demonstration infront of parliament. I expect a decent post about this and hopefully a demonstration infront of parliament.

]]> By: teach http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/terrible-oil-spill-in-kuwait/#comment-454981 teach Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:20:15 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6202#comment-454981 Wasn't it the US who brought the radiation here in the first place.......time it went 'home' and stopped polluting our kids' lungs,skin,eyes,........... ( fill in any organ ). I'm all for repatriation of war criminals, and radio active sand certainly consitutes that. Wasn’t it the US who brought the radiation here in the first place…….time it went ‘home’ and stopped polluting our kids’ lungs,skin,eyes,……….. ( fill in any organ ). I’m all for repatriation of war criminals, and radio active sand certainly consitutes that.

]]> By: H http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/terrible-oil-spill-in-kuwait/#comment-454955 H Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:43:55 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6202#comment-454955 What's bad about that? It's leaving Kuwait and going to the US to facilities that can handle storing it? What’s bad about that? It’s leaving Kuwait and going to the US to facilities that can handle storing it?

]]> By: Realist http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/terrible-oil-spill-in-kuwait/#comment-454943 Realist Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:10:36 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6202#comment-454943 Why should we care about an oil spill ? What about the radio active sand that had been transported recently from Kuwait to Utah ? check it out... http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1861760_1862220,00.html P.S. Mark this is something you should really stir up here! Why should we care about an oil spill ? What about the radio active sand that had been transported recently from Kuwait to Utah ? check it out…

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1861760_1862220,00.html

P.S. Mark this is something you should really stir up here!

]]> By: TanGo http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/terrible-oil-spill-in-kuwait/#comment-454916 TanGo Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:22:12 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6202#comment-454916 this does not qualify as an öil spill this does not qualify as an öil spill

]]> By: teach http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/terrible-oil-spill-in-kuwait/#comment-454915 teach Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:17:17 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6202#comment-454915 'spill' sounds accidental......was this accidental or carelessness? ‘spill’ sounds accidental……was this accidental or carelessness?

]]> By: Komsomol http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/terrible-oil-spill-in-kuwait/#comment-454914 Komsomol Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:16:17 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6202#comment-454914 I remember in school we were bussed to a EPS meeting, it was hilarious. Their entire conversation boiled down to: "We can't do shit! But you are the future! You do something about it! kthxbye!" I remember in school we were bussed to a EPS meeting, it was hilarious. Their entire conversation boiled down to:

“We can’t do shit! But you are the future! You do something about it! kthxbye!”

]]> By: wi-fi http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/terrible-oil-spill-in-kuwait/#comment-454913 wi-fi Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:23:29 +0000 http://www.248am.com/?p=6202#comment-454913 you people sound like swimming in the sea everyday .. specialy in the free zone .. ! you people sound like swimming in the sea everyday .. specialy in the free zone .. !

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