Toxic Spillage at Samsung Austin Leaves "Virtually no Surviving Aquatic Life"

[mechtech]

"which spilled the equivalent of 763,000 gallons of acid waste "

"According to Samsung, it stopped the discharges as soon as they were noticed, saying that "a majority of the wastewater was contained on-site; however, a portion was inadvertently released into an unnamed small tributary that is upstream of Harris Branch Creek."

Um wouldn't you confirm and check before discharging that amount to make certain there is not a bo bo or potential bo bo ??

 

[Turmania]

big fine coming up, and will that fine transfer to consumers ? most probably...

 

[Space Lynx]

big fine coming up, and will that fine transfer to consumers ? most probably...

or the fine will just be a slap on the wrist, relative to their overall net worth. that is the world we live in.

 

[TheLostSwede]

The Mekong may be heavily polluted, but to be fair, turbidity is not always synonymous to "dirty." Not in this thread's context, at least. Relatively high turbidity is natural and acceptable -perhaps even required- to some ecologies...

Sure, but you didn't see the crap that was floating around in the proper river when we crossed it. That said, it's not like rivers in most of Asia are what I'd call clean, at least not the ones I've seen travelling around here.

 

[Shihab]

Sure, but you didn't see the crap that was floating around in the proper river when we crossed it. That said, it's not like rivers in most of Asia are what I'd call clean, at least not the ones I've seen travelling around here.

I would expect so, with all the overpopulation, rapid expansion of industry and agriculture, and the occasional set of disasters every once in a while...

All I'm saying is that assessing pollution visually can be grossly misleading. Try seeing how the Nile looks upstream during Autumn vs how it looks downstream. Relatively clearer, but trust me, you *don't* want to touch the downstream water...

 

[eidairaman1]

big fine coming up, and will that fine transfer to consumers ? most probably...

It will for sure

I would expect so, with all the overpopulation, rapid expansion of industry and agriculture, and the occasional set of disasters every once in a while...

All I'm saying is that assessing pollution visually can be grossly misleading. Try seeing how the Nile looks upstream during Autumn vs how it looks downstream. Relatively clearer, but trust me, you *don't* want to touch the downstream water...

Rhine River is no good

 

[TheDeeGee]

I expect GPU prices to rise even further to due Samsung VRAM price increase... lovely!

 

[Space Lynx]

I expect GPU prices to rise even further to due Samsung VRAM price increase... lovely!

I've just started enjoying other hobbies. It's a big world, lots to do and experience. ****'em.

 

[Why_Me]

Let's hope Texas taxpayers pay to fix all of this mess, but I doubt it, they will probably ask for the Federal taxpayer system to pay for it.

Texas loves to be free and give companies tax breaks with no penalties involved in messes like this, cause they know the pushovers at the top will just get all 50 states to chip in to cover the bill.

Ah, ignorance is bliss

Texas penal code calls for 2 years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine for illegal dumping in waterways. California’s penal code first offense calls for a $250-1000 fine

 

[Space Lynx]

Texas penal code calls for 2 years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine for illegal dumping in waterways. California’s penal code first offense calls for a $250-1000 fine

Let's see if anyone at Samsung gets that punishment. As Aristotle liked to say, a law is useless if it is not enforced.

 

[TheGuruStud]

That's what collection ponds are for. Unless enough leaked into the creek to kill fish, then it doesn't matter.

Meanwhile, the media conveniently forgot about the largest environmental disaster in the US before deep horizon in one news cycle.
Can anyone name it?

 

[Space Lynx]

That's what collection ponds are for. Unless enough leaked into the creek to kill fish, then it doesn't matter.

did you not read it? it did leak into the creek and killed a crap ton of aquatic life...

 

[TheGuruStud]

did you not read it? it did leak into the creek and killed a crap ton of aquatic life...

That's not what I read. I don't see anything citing the creek having damage. It mentions the small tributary. There's not much of anything in those (minnows and crawfish). They'll move back up/downstream in no time and repopulate it.

 

[Space Lynx]

That's not what I read. I don't see anything citing the creek having damage. It mentions the small tributary. There's not much of anything in those (minnows and crawfish). They'll move back up/downstream in no time and repopulate it.

isn't that connected to the creek though...?

 

[TheGuruStud]

isn't that connected to the creek though...?

One would assume the creek is order of magnitudes larger, so it was diluted to nonlethal levels. Otherwise, the report would say the entire length of the creek is dead.

 

[Space Lynx]

One would assume the creek is order of magnitudes larger, so it was diluted to nonlethal levels. Otherwise, the report would say the entire length of the creek is dead.

eh, it still probably killed some in the creek, it didn't dilute right away, just was washed away faster/diluted faster. but logically one could conclude some creek life was killed at the entry point where the transition takes place. but since that all gets flushed downstream you can't see it as well.

at least its getting cleaned up now

 

[TheGuruStud]

eh, it still probably killed some in the creek, it didn't dilute right away, just was washed away faster/diluted faster. but logically one could conclude some creek like was killed at the entry point where the transition takes place. but since that all gets flushed downstream you can't see it as well.

at least its getting cleaned up now

Sure, but negligible.
My real point was this nothing burger stuff gets more attention than real spills.

 

[ir_cow]

My guess it has been going on for years until finally someone with enough balls came forward.

 

[Cutechri]

Companies not giving a damn about preserving the environment, in other news the sun is hot

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

You guys get on a high horse, but let's think for a second about why corporations do those things? Maybe, just maybe, because of constant consumer pressure and greed for cheap toys? Companies like Samsung have to cut costs wherever they can or the consumers will buy cheaper shit from China - a place where things like natural environment and human rights are just obstacles which can be easily avoided thanks to the massively corrupt government.
I once worked with a person who conducted consumer research and the results are a big part of my misanthropy. You guys (a.k.a the consumers) overwhelmingly said you wouldn't pay 25 euros more for an item worth a thousand euros if it meant the workers would be treated in accordance with European employment laws. In other words, for 25 euros people are willing to accept child labor and forced labor. Remember that for a single person who actually cares abut the real cost of consumer greed there are hundreds of thousands who don't care, they just want a new toy and will only buy the top result of sorting by "price: lowest first".

Also, guess who will pay for this little mishap? Consumers directly through higher prices, or consumers indirectly through government subsidies and tax breaks?

Corporations care more about their shareholders than consumers....but let's face it, as long as we live under capitalism where profit is the underlying motive in everything, whatever is the most profitable course will ALWAYS define what is reality.

 

[ModEl4]

the spillage left "virtually no surviving aquatic life" ,
I wonder what is the worth in the society we live in of all these creatures that died and how human life worth is considered instead, of course 2 years potential prison time and a $10.000 fine will set things straight, lol, what a great civilization...

 

[Arctucas]

Fines are useless.

Punishment needs to fit the offense.

The top executives at the facility need to be made to personally clean up the spill manually.

Then they need an additional ten years at hard labor in a federal penitentiary.

 

[ShiBDiB]

No no it's the hobbyist crypto miners at fault!

Big business destroyed the environment at such a lopsided amount compared to everyone else

 

[1stn00b]

:>

 

[bobbybluz]

It's been 50 years since I lived in Austin so I don't have a clue as to where that location is. I do know that if any of it had ended up in Lake Travis the public outcry would be monumentally greater.