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tonyburton

Apr 28, 2003, 7:10 AM

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Lake Chapala article in U.S. press

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/...14_mexicolake28.html

paysons

Apr 28, 2003, 10:59 AM

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Thanks for posting this here. I really think it is worth reading and discussing on this forum. There is action people can take to help save the lake, such as getting involved in one of the non governmental organizations such as Amigos del Lago (or any of the others...) and those folks who havn't read your own articles that are on this site would do well to read them here. Thanks again...

PeggyS

Apr 29, 2003, 12:41 AM

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The Herald (Miami Herald Mexican edition) also had an excellent, well-researched article on Lake Chapala today.

Howard Botz

Apr 29, 2003, 3:46 PM

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Is there a link we could go to and read the article? Or, could you cut and paste a copy here for us to read--just a thought.

Howard (arriving Thursday to find a house) in Seattle

tonyburton

Apr 29, 2003, 4:36 PM

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Peggy, Is this the same article, bylined by Marla Dickerson, LA Times reporter? The reason I reposted something about this article was because I had problems accessing the original (on the LA Times site a couple of days earlier) and thought that maybe other people might have had the same difficulty.

PeggyS

Apr 29, 2003, 11:54 PM

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Yes, finally found the newspaper again, same article, Marla Dickerson, LA Times.
Reminded me of the posting last year, couldn't stop laughing it was so true "How did the maid find it and throw it away when I've been looking for it for days"?

nonmeister

Apr 30, 2003, 7:29 AM

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I am reading your book on traveling in western Mexico and love it. We plan to move there in the next few years and I will be at the Lake this summer. My husband and I are very interested in saving that beautiful treasure "The Lake" and feel if enough people get involved it can be done. Hopefully, Mother Nature will help too. I think just picking up trash around the lake and conserving water is a way everyone can help. Funding and support is always helpful. I told my husband the other day when I move there I'm going to pour a bottle of water in the lake everyday...he laughed of course yet, I think every little bit will help. Many lakes are in trouble all around the globe and people can change that if we are willing to trade watering our lawns and such when needed to support our water source, as it supports us. Plus, think of the property values! If conservation is not inspiration enough.

Thanks again for all that you do.

Jean

Apr 30, 2003, 12:47 PM

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Tony could you please give us your opinion on the "health concerns" as the lake continues to dry up.

I read articles where they compared the health problems to that of the Aral Sea and Owens Lake and I found the pollution page on Amigos Del Lago to be quite disturbing.

If you have not formed an opinion do you know of any place where it could be researched.
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tonyburton

Apr 30, 2003, 6:00 PM

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Excellent question! Unfortunately, there is no simple answer..., and lots of research is needed.

Most of the basic work has been done as regards the lake sediments etc., but what is conspicuous by its absence (so far as I know) is any reliable longer term study of the incidence of various ailments etc., or any meaningful studies of precisely how much of various possible harmful chemicals actually makes its way into the food chain (and remains there after cooking and prior to consumption!)

Some of the health issues are discussed in the volume reviewed by me as part of my "Save the Lake" series:

http://www.mexconnected.com/.../tblagunasaved5.html

Hopes this helps, even though I know it doesn't really answer your question very directly!