Arkansas River

[DolfanBob]

Anybody hear of this ? And what do you know about Benzene ?
http://alerts.skytruth.org/report/a0257d89-cd61-3643-b1b6-2bd658a991c1

[DTowner]

Report describes it has benzene washing into the river in July or Aug of 1991.  That is either a typo and it's a little late to get worried.

[AquaMan]

Why would there be a benzene spill at 5th and Denver?

[heironymouspasparagus]

It's gasoline.  Mostly.

[Breadburner]

Thats about the dumbest thing I have ever read......

[carltonplace]

Aaaahhhhh! ...breath...Aaaaahhhh!!!!...breath....Aaaahhhh!!!!!

[DolfanBob]

Report describes it has benzene washing into the river in July or Aug of 1991.  That is either a typo and it's a little late to get worried.

Thats what I thought too, but this is what is posted above that 1991 phone call.

Incident Time: 2011-10-25 17:00:00
Nearest City: Tulsa, OK
Incident Type: FIXED
Material: BENZENE

[heironymouspasparagus]

Here is the whole NRC report.

http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/reports/rwservlet?standard_web+inc_seq=993572

They just take reports.  Typo.

Probably a truck or car sprung a gas tank leak.

[dbacks fan]

Maybe some one was getting rid of all the Aqua Velva they've gotten as gifts over the years.

In the 19th and early-20th centuries, benzene was used as an after-shave lotion because of its pleasant smell. Prior to the 1920s, benzene was frequently used as an industrial solvent, especially for degreasing metal. As its toxicity became obvious, benzene was supplanted by other solvents, especially toluene (methyl benzene), which has similar physical properties but is not as carcinogenic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene