Chemical Spill on Rouge River
I just made a remark on a fishing forum about the pollution that’s going on. A few fisherman knocked me for it, saying the lakes are cleaner than 40 years ago. Well that’s not the case in the Rouge river. Stonycroft Hills Club just had a chemical spill over there that reportedly killed around 400-500 fish. That’s just an estimated people, you never know how many fish have died. It’s really sad hearing stuff like this, makes me wonder what the waterways are going to be like in 10-20 years or so.
The Club stated the spill was an accident, a fungicide used on the golf course leaked from a faulty chemical sprayer. The chemical, Daconil Ultrex Turf Care, reached a storm drain that led to a tributary of the Rouge River.
I just read this in the newspaper!
“Robert McCann, a spokesman for MDEQ, said the fungicide used by Stonycroft contains the chemical Chlorothalonil, which does not pose serious risks for humans in water but is toxic to fish.”
Oh so that makes it alright, what about the fisherman that love to fish out of the river. And who cares about the fish right, it’s just 400 or 500 dead. If those were humans there would be an uproar. But rich people get to keep playing golf on their golf course.
