or can you think of any possible risks/hazards?
2007-04-22 19:45:43 · 7 answers · asked by cookies_rule_91 3 in Environment
It could be tested before hand, but in reality there's no more danger with pond water than with tap water that has been sitting on a counter for a few days. The risk is that some pathogen is in the water, normally a protozoa, however most that would live in pond water would not affect humans. I wouldn't reccomend livestock run off ponds, but your normal run of the mill pond is fine. It may have some plankton and moss in it, but nothing really dangerous.
2007-04-22 19:51:16 · answer #1 · answered by Max J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pond water has been used for about 100 years to illustrate to young students the potential hazards of pond water. The dirtier the water the more convincing the demonstration is. Unless the supervision has suddenly become woefully inadequate the experiments are safe. I can come up with quite a list of hair-raising hazards, but then the point of the experiments is to provide visualization of those hazards.
2007-04-22 20:58:35 · answer #2 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was safe to swim in when I was a kid...why not now?
People wonder why humans are so prone to catching
diseases nowadays. One reason is because we are
so protected today. We have no immunity because we
no longer come into contact with anything "unclean".
When I think of all the buttermilk, eggs, bacon, butter
molasses and bread that my grandaddy consumed...
and then worked it off every day...and lived to be 93..
it really makes me wonder if we are not overly health
conscious. Talk about fat young people. It's not the
diet. It is lack of pure old excercise. They sit on their
behind all day long in front of the tube. I believe its in
the genes nowadays...because parents sit right there
with them.
Sorry, I guess you didn't ask about all that. I just got
carried away.
2007-04-28 18:58:43 · answer #3 · answered by Northwest Womps 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pond water is safe as long as everyone washes hands with soap thoroughly after the experiment.
2007-04-22 20:28:53 · answer #4 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are their risked? Yes. But the risks are small, especially if monitored by a teacher. If you live near Love Canal, then I would advise against it in any circumstances. Otherwise, at your own discretion.
2007-04-22 20:48:44 · answer #5 · answered by daddyspanksalot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not safe if the pond is next to a nuclear power plant...
2007-04-22 19:48:56 · answer #6 · answered by Em 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course there are hazards...but if it is supervised by a teacher, then I woud HOPE you could trust the teacher
2007-04-22 19:49:10 · answer #7 · answered by kristina43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋