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Appendix: Winter Gear | (continued) You’re definitely not going to be testing for mercury, dioxins or other industrial effluvia with any gear that can be taken on a canoe trip. The magnitude of the problem, I’m afraid, has grown far beyond the means of any layman. That’s too bad, really, because I was kind of looking forward to playing Wilderness Scientist out there, searching out evil chemicals in apparently innocent streams. No such luck; the size and cost of the necessary equipment, as well as the knowledge required to use it properly, is daunting—as a friend often says: “Enough trouble without that! You can take water samples, label them carefully and have them analyzed, of course, but be prepared to pay several hundred dollars for any substantial amount of chemical lab work. The important issues of this world are no longer within the reach of earnest amateurs, I’m afraid. |
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