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Re: preventing overboard discharge

Post by Oswego John »

Troy Scott wrote: I have also heard that in some places, detergents washed into the water from just cleaning the decks can be grounds for a fine.
I am not stating anything pro or con on the subject or taking a side. What is more evil, the cause or the cure?

After the Exxon Valdez and the Gulf oil spills, literally tank cars full of various detergents were introduced into the water, much of it to cleanse and save the wildlife. Fight fire with fire?

Ground for thought.
O J
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