John King said it . Everything in Barbados is deteriorating : cricket; politics , ethics ; morals ; mores; norms; civil service; Police Force; Boys on the block; homosexual resistance; appreciation and love for others, everything.

The politicians have contributed significantly to the deterioration. Politicians need to up their game and set proper examples. Politicians should not be looking to encourage people in foolishness. Kenny Best has set a good example reflected in his statement carried on Television last week when he admonished young people to be more resilient and stop looking for handouts. He was right on the money, his words are worth their weight in gold and he has inspired me a great deal. His statement has had a profound effect on me. It has changed my outlook on life and I want to publicly thank Mr. Kenny Best. Mr. Sentiments should be repeated repeatedly.

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hey don’t tell the tourist?hide all crime ,murder,anything .you must lie to keep them coming .

Barbados once known for its well managed water system is now sitting on a Cholera time bomb.
Barbados water distribution system was born out of a Victorian Public Health system geared towards the prevention of further outbreaks of cholera of the type experienced in the mid 1800’s.
Now this same storage and distribution system is being compromised by modern beneficiaries of a once admired and envied public health infrastructure.

How can a country sink suck wells to store faeces, dangerous household cleaning chemicals and other waste and don’t expect them to seep through our porous coral limestone into our underground reservoirs from which we pump our potable water? It’s just a matter of time before our dirty habits catch up with us.
Barbados is now being confronted with many problems many of them of our own making. But threats to Public Health are nothing to overlook or sweep under the carpet for political expediency. Any outbreak of any disease to compromise our public health will result in the collapse of our tourist industry and even the international business sector.
When it rains it pours. And it is raining problems after problems for poor Bim.

The main source of NITRATES is fertilizer.

The issue here is about indiscriminate dumping in a zone 1 district. What is the makeup of the materials of the dumps is irrelevant.

Don’t people clean their water closet with chemical cleaners?
Aren’t the sewerage wells a faster entry to the underground water source?
What are these chemical cleaners composition?
Aren’t there other serious health threats from human and animal waste leaching into the underground water source?
Should it be the conclusion that sugarcane and food crop farming are the main source of the nitrates found in the BWA water wells?
I believe that Barbadian need to start looking out for the safety and health with regards to potable water coming from their taps. 99.9% of Barbadians will never know the true state of the island water quality and using many of those bottled waters selling across is just as bad. Many have fail the water quality minimum bench mark

Barbados underground water network is small so whether dumping in a zone 1 or zone 4, it’s a sure guarantee that the underground water will be compromise If this was not so there would not be strict guidelines to prevent control and prevent leaching into underground from controlled landfills.
All dumping outside of controlled landfills must be enforced

And do you know that Land Tax charges $500 per acre for zone 1 land not in cultivation.

In other words if you do not cultivate your land and pour chemical fertilizers on it, and if you choose to obey the law and not build on it, Land Tax punishes the land owner with high taxes. When really land owners in zone 1 who permit their land to go fallow, should be rewarded with a tax break.

An indication of how serious we see our role in protecting the environment is the lack of discussion on this and related matters.

BU will not update the blog on Thursday as our little protest.

What are the other contaminants the minister said exist but did not mention?

I understand that Barbados was asked to remove the statement that Barbados has one of the best drinking waters in the world from their websites.

@ Colonel Buggy | September 20, 2012 at 1:54 PM |
“And don’t fool your self many Bajans,and by extension, also those who govern us , are not the least bit worried. Dressed in their finery, going to some show at the Central Bank or some other ‘exclusive ‘ place, to lift their long dresses and tuxedos , hold their noses and step over these dead dogs and other stinking garbage on the streets and alleys as they exit their Mercedes and BMW’s.”

Colonel, I too wonder how they manage to be so ‘desensitized” about it all while driving through craters for pot holes in the roads with verges, sidewalks and gutters littered with garbage an debris;
stepping over garbage, walking through bush and grass trying to avoid shite while holding their noses from the whiff of stinking urine in the air.
Man, these people are really good. How they do it beggars belief. But then again dressing up in imported faked finery and driving a Benz or BMW that can’t be driven at more than 80 kmh for more than 3 mins can’t give a person ‘class’; an attribute woefully lacking in modern materialistic Barbados.
Class comes from a genuine appreciation of the arts, language, caring relationships with your fellowman and a sensitive understanding of the natural and built environment. Not from dressing up garishly, driving about in expensive unsuitable vehicles and talking about peoples personal lives and how many paper qualifications people have behind their names.
Class is one thing their colonial masters fail to teach or pass on to them.

Dr Denis Lowe can share with us when he gets back from Niarobi http://www.unep.org/themes/chemicals/?page=home

islandgal246 | September 20, 2012 at 5:07 PM |
The Miller and the Colonel…MONEY can’t buy class!
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No, but some seem to think that they can rent honorary class membership for as long as their money lasts.

@David The truck drivers should be complimented however for adhering to instructions NOT to dump in the Belle, BU understands the drivers headed to the authorized landfill.
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And I suppose a driver who knocks down a pedestrian on an authorised zebra crossing and who gets out and render first aid assistance should be given a medal.

Today’s Nation page 32 & 33. BWA engineering manager says that construction waste may be dumped at the entrance to BWA at the Belle but not organic waste.

Just mind boggling as to why they would want construction waste dumped there at all. Isn’t construction waste not supposed to go to Sustainable Barbados Recycling Centre Inc. (SBRC) at Vaucluse?

And these are the people responsible for managing our water supply.

I understand dumping still continues in the Belle and dumping can aslo be found at Tappy Pond a stone throw from Golden Ridge Pumping Station St George. Perhaps its the water which has landed Dr Denis Lowe in a serious condition at the QEH.