Paraphrasing: ‘ city kids don’t know how to swim; and, so it’s better to have repulsive water to keep them from going in and drowning .’ I’m thinking that the ‘we can’t afford it just now’ argument would have been sufficient. Here’s a sample of Chicago Tribune coverage that spells out the essence: Three decades of improvements already have cleaned up the river to the point where 60 species of fish can be found in channels where just five once survived. But as more people are drawn to the waterways for recreation, federal and state officials have concluded that past efforts haven’t been good enough. After five years of study and two years of debate, the EPA concluded t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Chicago, Citing Benefits Of ‘Floaters’ – Tells Obama Administration To Take A Dive
