http://earth911.com/news/2009/11/09/youll-never-believe-which-u-s-city-is-the-least-toxic/ Find Recycling Centers and Learn How To Recycle Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://earth911.com/news/2009/11/09/youll-never-believe-which-u-s-city-is-the-least-toxic/comment-page-1/#comment-36029 Allison Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:10:36 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=26672#comment-36029 While I live in Las Vegas and would love to believe this to be true, I just don't see how it can be. Not only have we been rated to have the 4th worst public water in the nation, have a laughable recycling program that few in the valley participate in, but we have a tremendous amount of air pollution from vehicles, dust storms, and CA wild fires. True, we do have few manufacturing facilities to add to the toxicity, but the above items must be considered when gauging our pollution impact. I think it is dangerous to declare us the winner as this may create a belief among residents and law makers that Vegas has a more than an acceptable level toxicity (as compared to the rest of the nation) and possibly impede further improvements. While I live in Las Vegas and would love to believe this to be true, I just don’t see how it can be. Not only have we been rated to have the 4th worst public water in the nation, have a laughable recycling program that few in the valley participate in, but we have a tremendous amount of air pollution from vehicles, dust storms, and CA wild fires. True, we do have few manufacturing facilities to add to the toxicity, but the above items must be considered when gauging our pollution impact. I think it is dangerous to declare us the winner as this may create a belief among residents and law makers that Vegas has a more than an acceptable level toxicity (as compared to the rest of the nation) and possibly impede further improvements.

]]> http://earth911.com/news/2009/11/09/youll-never-believe-which-u-s-city-is-the-least-toxic/comment-page-1/#comment-34180 the bear Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:39:39 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=26672#comment-34180 Keep in mind that Vegas and other desert cities in the Western US are growing, and that they rely on outside sources of water. Ask the Colorado River what it thinks about Vegas's sustainability, and it wont be there to answer. Keep in mind that Vegas and other desert cities in the Western US are growing, and that they rely on outside sources of water. Ask the Colorado River what it thinks about Vegas’s sustainability, and it wont be there to answer.

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