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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Arsenic and Old Graves: Civil War-Era Cemeteries May Be Leaking Toxins The poisonous element, once used in embalming fluids, could be contaminating drinking water as corpses rot.

f you live near a Civil War-era cemetery, rotting corpses may be on the attack. While there’s no need to fear the walking dead, homeowners should watch out for toxins leaking out of old graves that could be contaminating drinking water and causing serious health problems.

When someone died at the turn of the century, it was common practice to bring a photographer in to take death photos. Also, the people who fought and died in the Civil War came from all over the United States, and families who wanted to bury their kin would pay to have them shipped home.

At the time, ice was the only option to preserve a body, but that didn’t work very well—and no one wants to see a deceased relative partially decomposed.

Arsenic kills the bacteria that make corpses stinky—if you’ve ever smelled bad meat, you can imagine how important it is for embalming fluid to do its thing and do it well. But the poisonous element doesn’t degrade, so when embalmed bodies rot in the ground, arsenic gets deposited into the soil.

“A Civil War-era cemetery filled with plenty of graves—things seldom stay where you want them to,” says Benjamin Bostick, a geochemist at Columbia University. ”As the body is becoming soil, the arsenic is being added to the soil.” From there, rainwater and flooding can wash arsenic into the water table.

NIKK-I once read a mystery book where people who lived in this particle house would end up dying. The house had well water as others around it but the detective figured out... there were some Civil War soldiers who were in the ground near this house.( ARSENIC).


916 posted on 04/21/2018 10:07:46 AM PDT by STARLIT (Trust The Plan.)
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To: ransomnote; hoosiermama; weston; Rusty0604
#1220

Apr 21 2018 11:18:22 (EST) Q !xowAT4Z3VQ ID: b23701 1130667

Example.,p.

https://clintonhealthaccess.org

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/24440

HIV/AIDS.

CHAI.

Clinton Foundation conflicts of interest.

CHAI discounted pharmaceuticals to distribute abroad.

Pharma alliance.

HRC/BC.

Protect domestic high prices.

Domestic = PAYDAY.

Q

1221

Apr 21 2018 11:56:16 (EST) Q

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Right on Q.

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/987724899614674944

Hello Maggie.

Trust funds (3).

Deposits routed from EU.

Why are deposits ORIG from EU being transferred into [3]

TRUST funds [children]?

How do you get your talking points?

Why do many DC journalists (yourself) use & replace

'burner phones' every week?

How do you pass the new number out?

Tweets are very important.

Do you feel safe?

Q

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Apr 21 2018 12:00:56 (EST) Anonymous ID: 6dfa66 1131247

>>1131191

Who does Haberman follow?

Apr 21 2018 12:01:36 (EST) Q !xowAT4Z3VQ ID: f49c4b 1131254

>>1131247

Think public & private Twitter accounts.

They all have them.

These people are stupid.

We have it all.

Q

31223

Apr 21 2018 12:01:36 (EST) Q !xowAT4Z3VQ ID: f49c4b 1131254

>>1131247

Think public & private Twitter accounts.

They all have them.

These people are stupid.

We have it all.

Q

Apr 21 2018 12:02:17 (EST) Q !xowAT4Z3VQ ID: f49c4b

1131266

>>1131254

Think private email addresses.

Hussein.

HRC.

LL.

………. They think they are clever.

Q

#1224

Apr 21, 2018 12:03 (EST) Anonymous..ID:bc;1d04..1131287


941 posted on 04/21/2018 10:22:22 AM PDT by STARLIT (Trust The Plan.)
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