[SCADASEC] Water Supply Poisoning Threat

[Hatton, Louis]

AMEN! 

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From: scadasec-bounces at news.infracritical.com
[mailto:scadasec-bounces at news.infracritical.com] On Behalf Of Myrcurial
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 5:49 PM
To: scadasec at news.infracritical.com
Subject: Re: [SCADASEC] Water Supply Poisoning Threat

Don't underestimate the "fear factor" -- as part of the listeria issue
with one of the meat processing plants here in Ontario, many people are
simply not consuming the affected types of meat products despite any
indication that the problem existed in more than one plant for a brief
period of time.

It's materially affecting the cash flow of pretty much any prepared food
that uses sliced meat.

Bad news is the only faster-than-light communications method yet
designed by man.

~M

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Hatton, Louis <LAH4 at pge.com> wrote:
> I am not qualified to discuss the lethality of a particular substance 
> in water, regardless the concentration.  But, I will discuss the "fear

> factor" should someone do something like that.  Most of us like to go 
> the lakes, oceans and water ways for recreation of many kinds.  Then 
> we go home and never think about what we are drinking.  The last time 
> I checked outboard motor fuel was hazardous to my health and it leaks 
> from my motor, the water is used to cool the engine and help to muffle

> the exhaust.  Look around the fuel dock at all the products floating 
> on the water.  But, we go home and drink with out a second thought.  
> On the lake, many of us have reached over and had a glass of water, 
> unfiltered and unfettered because we were thirsty.  Not a care in the
world.
>
> But, let someone suggest tossing in 50 to 100 gallons of Arsenic and 
> you would be gravely concerned.  Ask questions of your water agency 
> about their ability to filter it out.  It is not the actual threat 
> that is the cause of all the trouble, but rather the perception of the

> threat that is at issue, and how we mitigate that perception.
>
> How many cities along the Mississippi River use that river for 
> drinking water?  How many cities use the same river for waste water
removal?
> Someone on the list suggested  that "Pollution was a matter of
dilution"
> and they may be right to a point, it just depends upon what you are 
> diluting as to how much people will yell about it.
>
> Lou Hatton
>
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> [mailto:scadasec-bounces at news.infracritical.com] On Behalf Of Adriel 
> Desautels
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 2:08 PM
> To: scadasec at news.infracritical.com
> Subject: Re: [SCADASEC] Water Supply Poisoning Threat
>
> Realistically how much damage would that much poison cause in that 
> volume of water? It strikes me that the poison would be highly
diluted?
>
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> ab3a at comcast.net wrote:
>> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,406664,00.html
>>
>> It's an attempt to poison city water.
>>
>> We're lucky they don't know enough detail to be dangerous.
>>
>> For now.
>>
>> Jake Brodsky
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