That's an "all or nothing" fallacy, easily countered.
One alternative is water. Plus alternative products might be less efficient but less contaminating. Finally, even with Phos-Check, success is far from guaranteed.
Bottom line: the lack of transparency must be remedied and officials need to be aware and factor in heavy metal contamination into their decisions.
Fires burining neibhorhoods already produce massive ammounts of toxic and heavy metals. It literally is just adding a little more to the already extremly present pollution
Water is not a fire retardant. Water can extinguish fire, but you can't apply water on a forest to prevent a fire from spreading there in the first place.
Your last paragraph seems to agree with parent? We should know what's inside, but it might still be the best solution.
Given the temperatures some wildfires are burning at, I suspect water isn’t available in suitable quantities to act as a retardant for fires that require these kinds of measures.
urig|11 months ago
One alternative is water. Plus alternative products might be less efficient but less contaminating. Finally, even with Phos-Check, success is far from guaranteed.
Bottom line: the lack of transparency must be remedied and officials need to be aware and factor in heavy metal contamination into their decisions.
daedrdev|11 months ago
n2d4|11 months ago
Your last paragraph seems to agree with parent? We should know what's inside, but it might still be the best solution.
iamacyborg|11 months ago