{"id":9018,"date":"2011-06-20T03:00:31","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T08:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/?p=9018"},"modified":"2011-06-20T03:00:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T08:00:31","slug":"those-who-do-not-learn-chemistry-are-doomed-to-fail-chemistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/9018","title":{"rendered":"Those Who Do not Learn Chemistry are Doomed to \u2026 Fail Chemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsfeed.time.com\/2011\/06\/18\/portland-reservoir-gets-drained-after-man-urinates-in-it\/\">Portland Reservoir Gets Drained After Man Urinates In It<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plenty of pee-pee jokes, too, in case you&#8217;re going through withdrawal after that Weiner^2 thing.<\/p>\n<p>The coverage covers the right scientific issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s inappropriate behavior. But how many animals are doing that or birds?&#8221; he said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to second-guess the city, but I can&#8217;t think of anything chemically that would have me be concerned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gary Oxman, the Multnomah County health officer who advises the city on infectious disease issues, also explained to the The Oregonian that the typical bladder holds a mere 6-8 ounces of water, which should quickly dilute in the reservoir and pose negligible health risks. That news should relieve Portland residents.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A city official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland\/index.ssf\/2011\/06\/man_caught_urinating_in_mt_tab.html\">claimed that science doesn&#8217;t matter<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Shaff said the Water Bureau regularly finds dead animals in the same drinking supply but doesn&#8217;t dump the water. &#8220;This is different,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you want to drink pee?&#8221; he asked bluntly.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned about scientific data and the small amount of urine in such a large reservoir, he interjected: &#8220;Answer the question. It has nothing to do with scientifically.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most people,&#8221; he added, &#8220;are gonna be pretty damn squeamish about that.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But you are <em>already<\/em> drinking pee.  Much of the water in the reservoir was inside of an animal at one time or another.  Tell the people that it gets treated, for crying out loud!<\/p>\n<p>h\/t to PhDwannabe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portland Reservoir Gets Drained After Man Urinates In It Plenty of pee-pee jokes, too, in case you&#8217;re going through withdrawal after that Weiner^2 thing. The coverage covers the right scientific issues. &#8220;It&#8217;s inappropriate behavior. But how many animals are doing &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/9018\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-science","category-silly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}