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Originally Posted by FlyingScot
Leaving aside the specifics that could be debated endlessly, the gists of these posts are both true. The Squam community is generally more environmentally-minded than the Winnipesaukee community, but the PCB issue in Squam, not caused by the community in general, is very serious
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Well, since PCB’s are completely man made and not natural to the environment and the only way water is contaminated by them is through reckless or purposeful release into the environment by man, I would say that someone in the “community” at some point caused this…
Since PCB’s have been banned since 1979, someone from the “glory days”, you know the glory days back when the water was so much cleaner….
caused this issue.
As an fyi…Squam has the highest concentration of PCB contamination than any other lake in NH. I would rather swim in Winnipesaukee than Squam any day of the week! While skin contact is most likely not harmful, any ingestion of contaminated water is not good.
Dan