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Think
of the greatest environmental disaster in recent history. For many
people, the Exxon Valdez spill in Prince William Sound comes to mind.
Three hundred seals, 2,800 sea otters, 250,000 sea birds and a host of
other wildlife were killed by that spill, acknowledged Corrie Pitzer,
an industrial psychologist from SAFEmap International in Vancouver.
However, he added, 250,000 birds are killed by flying into windows
every year.
"The cleanup cost was $2.1 billion, with a 50 percent reach," Pitzer
told an audience at a June 25 session of the American Society of Safety
Engineers' (ASSE) 2007 Professional Development Conference in Orlando,
Fla. "That means that only 50 percent of Prince William Sound was
cleaned."
Six years after the cleanup, a study was conducted to determine
ecological recovery in the sound. What researchers found was that the
areas that were not cleaned were in better shape – with more wildlife
and cleaner water and soil – than the areas that had been cleaned. The
chemicals and high-pressure washing used to "clean" the area had
destroyed the ecosystem in some parts of Prince William Sound.
"The environmental disaster was the cleanup," said Pitzer.
ASSE: The Myths of Safety
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I don't see this as counter
intuitive at all. What's counter intuitive is the notion that man
can do a better job than nature - in anything. That level of
arrogance - assuming godly power - is currently the hallmark of global
warming Goreons, and, of course, all political liberals in any endeavor.
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