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Monday Muse: It’s not easy being green.

So, with all the cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, is the green algae bloom in the Chicago river the end result?

Naw, it’s just a vegetable based powder used in celebration of St. Patrick’s day. The first time was in 1962 when an oil-based dye was used. Probably not the best choice. But is there more to the story?

In an effort to clean up Chicago’s waterways in the 1950’s, green dye was used as a tracer to discover where the pollution was originating. Not surprising, the culprit was the livestock and slaughterhouse industries. even less surprising was the level of pollution in one of the Chicago river tributaries, aptly named, Bubbly Creek (No, that’s not made up. Methane gas from entrails and animal waste dumped there in the early 1900s produced a lovely foam so thick you could walk on it. Wiki link)

So, there you go. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

-Leon

Here are some previous St. Pat’s posts:

Sunday with St. Paddy

Can’t wait till tomorrow? Happy St. Urho’s Day!!!

Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/