Bill Minarik<p>Kate at MtlCityWeblog <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@mtlweblog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mtlweblog</span></a></span> posts:<br><a href="https://mtlcityweblog.com/2025/07/17/street-trees-are-drinking-from-leaky-water-mains/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mtlcityweblog.com/2025/07/17/s</span><span class="invisible">treet-trees-are-drinking-from-leaky-water-mains/</span></a><br>a New Scientist article:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/5gJNi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/5gJNi</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> about André Poirier's Goldschmidt abstract:<br>Montreal street trees get more water than park trees due to leaking water mains under them. This can be traced due to the isotopically distinct lead found in the old lead pipes of the mains.</p><p>Two wrongs make right healthy trees explained.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Montreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Montreal</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UQAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UQAM</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Goldschmidt2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Goldschmidt2025</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/UrbanTrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanTrees</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/IsotopeGeochemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsotopeGeochemistry</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Lead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lead</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WaterMains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterMains</span></a></p>