Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

      In response to the letter published on Wednesday, February 21, 2001, I would like to clarify the following.

     The first error I noticed was in the first sentence saying that it is incorrect that chlorine is killing the fish. I know that this is incorrect because recent tests proved that there IS chlorine in the Fo River.
     The second error I noticed is that they said that the chemist proved that there is no chlorine but they actually said that there is chlorine.
     His cattle ranch did NOT leak phosphates into the pond, we tested the runoff from his cattle ranch and it had not phosphates.
     Also Phosphates do not directly poison fish, but they do make more algae grow, which take all the oxygen out of the water.
     The fifth mistake I saw as that they said the oil that poisoned the fish was from his refinery but it was actually car oil from the city.
     Another mistake is that his logging operations caused no sediment because they where both near the Rafta River yet the Rafta river was clear.
     The seventh mistake I found is that the sediment in water does not make the water cold, it actually makes the water a lot warmer because it turns the water a darker color and darker color take in more sunlight and then the water heats up.
     The eighth mistake was that his oil refinery was not causing the acid rain, this in because he put something called scrubbers in the smoke stacks to prevent pollution from getting out.
     The ninth mistake was that the person said that there was pH 8 acid rain but pH 8 is not acidic. I did a pH test on a sample of the rain, and it turns out that the rain was pH 3, which is as acidic as vinegar.
     The last mistake I found is that they said that Don Juan Tuno is responsible and I know this is untrue because look at all the evidence above.

Sincerely,
Desmond Rix