Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper drinks Animas River water -- story behind photo

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Source: KMGH 7News Denver

Colorado governor John Hickenlooper drank water from the Animas River Wednesday to hopefully change perceptions about the water after the EPA spilled three million gallons of contaminated water from a nearby mine.

However, the Durango Herald reports that before the governor drank the water, he did add an iodine tablet to purify the water.

Iodine tablets are used to kill giardia and E. coli, but would not change any contamination from the mine spill.

On August 5, workers with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) triggered a breach at the Gold King Mine outside Silverton in San Juan County.

Read more: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/mine-disaster/colorado-governor-john-hickenlooper-drinks-animas-river-water-story-behind-photo

[KamaAina]

1. I heard he went fishing afterward

[Ed Suspicious]

2. Would he feed it to his child or grandchild?

[erronis]

4. Good point. And would he make that water a staple of their diet for the next few months?

Maybe. Depends if he gives a shit about whether they live or not.

Sometimes political points are worth more than children's lives.

[Hoppy]

3. "Only one fish died."

What a dumb shit!

[Taitertots]

5. Only an idiot would be swayed by this stunt

I need to drink water everyday for the rest of my life. The fact that one sip doesn't kill you is hardly reassuring.

[TwilightGardener]

6. He once drank fracking water too, IIRC.

I like him, but he might be slightly nuts.

[newfie11]

7. That proves he's an idiot

Or maybe paid a large amount of money!

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Cloudy water

is usually acidic and laden with minerals

who knows if they used toxic extraction methods there

wonder if neutralized if it precipitates?

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

9. It's totally SAFE!!

"Hickenlooper said biologists put fish into the water to test it and only one fish died, leading officials to believe the level of toxicity is not at a dangerously high level."