It seems that the French have their own water problems, just like we do here all over the United States. The Rhone river is apparently in very bad shape, especially when it comes to the level of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the river, and in the fish that swim in it. The government has forbidden fish harvest for human consumption because the level of PCBs found in them is 10-12 times the safe limit. The government also had a hand in this, as it ran an industrial waste processing center on the Rhone’s banks, called Tredi, and dumped PCBs directly into the river. Trust no one, not the government (any of them), not corporations or businesses. If you really want to know if your water is safe, or if your fish has toxins in it, get the stuff tested yourself, and then, you have a chance of knowing. The high level of PCBs in the Rhone was discovered by a local fisherman, who sent some of his fish off to be tested as a ‘just in case’ sort of thing, and wound up inadvertently eliminating his livelihood.

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Our last best hope? At least part of humanity is very concerned about preserving one of Earth’s greatest treasures, the biodiversity that has evolved on this planet over the millenia. A repository, or vault, has been created near the Arctic Ocean, in Norway, to preserve seeds from all across the world, in hopes that we can keep safe these priceless results of evolution from destructive forces such as drought, disease, catastrophic disasters, and of course, humanity itself.

• Seed Vault

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