tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post7505164032426843073..comments2023-08-01T01:15:40.086-07:00Comments on Northwest History: Ye Olde Toxic Waste Disposal, 1947Larry Cebulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16798046652983001155noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533010775907799154.post-38516489711521852032014-12-24T19:01:55.207-08:002014-12-24T19:01:55.207-08:00This is quite bad but Lake Lenore was chosen preci...This is quite bad but Lake Lenore was chosen precisely because it was already alkaline. So the greater ecological impact was probably less from very slightly increasing the pH and more from disrupting the trophic layers of the lake through a bunch of exothermic reactions (those explosions).Clayton Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14334779212038592095noreply@blogger.com