Addendum One
The follow-up question, “How has your behavior changed?” elicited the following responses:
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Purify drinking water
More watchful about what could be 'dumped' into water
Do a lot of recycling of stuff
More apt to recycle his oil.
Recycle more
More careful about water I drink
Does not wash car at home
Try not to waste water
More aware of what’s going on
More aware
Careful about chemicals
When she washes her car she empties it in the street, not the yard
More careful and more observant
More responsible
Watches what she drinks
Trying to clean up oil and recycling more
I do not dump things I would have 20 years ago
Notice litter more on nature trail - people don’t care about other people using the trail
Used to pour oil in ditch, cut back use of pesticides
More aware and concerned
I drink more bottled water than tap water
She got a water purifier
More careful about drinking tap water, filters in house.
Purchasing bottled water
Will not throw anything on the road and do try to take care of my chemicals.
I drink bottled water
All my grass clippings go to pickup for mulch
Glad he has city water.
I don't litter
Don’t change oil in drive way
More aware
Tried to make sure used oil or other fluids from car are not put in my yard
I watch things that I drop in the water and all that stuff
Buying drinking water
Bought a water purifier Preparing to relocate back to the farm to get away from pollution.
Bought a water purifier
Protects environment more
I have changed some things
It made me more aware of things I have done and should not do
Use products that are biodegradeable
Made me more aware to dispose of oil properly
Being careful about recycling - paying extra attention
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Buy bottled water
Try to be more conservative with oil
Disposal of different products, (oils,paints,fertilizer-not just on the ground,
take to specific collection sites.
More careful what products used
More conscious of problem
People fuss about it on the TV
More careful about cleaners
More aware when to pour out stuff. Put more things in the trash.
I watch about what I do. Careful about throwing things out into the garbage
Makes you more aware of what is going in the water.
More conscious
Careful about drain
Water purifier now
More conscious
More conscious of the environment.
More conscious about biodegradable items; plastic & paper & computer supplies recycling; no
trash from boat; take paints and such to recycling center.
More careful about how to handle things
I am more careful than when I was younger
Make sure kids don’t throw anything out of car--save aluminum cans
More concerned about water
Do not change oil at home anymore
Try to use more biodegradeable stuff, use things that can naturally clean
or whatever
Makes sure he disposes of oil from farm and autos well
Bought water purifier
Very careful about anything to do with water fountains
More cautious about water - now buys bottled water.
More aware of what you can dispose of.
Lot more cautious about using fertilizers
Makes her a little more aware of things.
Try to make sure when cleaning up after work, tries to control absorption in soil
More aware of disposing things
Considered a different car
More conservative, useful.
Try to use rock where cattle crosses creeks so topsoil won’t be lost
Think about things and use better decisions.
More conscious; years ago would pour the oil into the yard but
not so in recent years.
More or less; you wonder what's in the water.
Have always tried to be cautious; i.e. husband takes care of the yard; has been ten or fifteen
years w/o fertilizers. If you buy good top soil all you need is to sow the grass; even with the
potted plants use top soil.
I am more aware of what I should do, on the farm; I try to watch more about the water run-off
(years ago I might have poured oil on the ground)
It has made me more aware, in the conservation of water resources and also with our dog when
we go to the lake, we make sure we put all our waste in proper containers
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As far as drinking water; have started boiling it and placing it in the
refrigerator.
Think let's do something about it.
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Trying to do some stuff like changing chemicals to biodegradable. No oil dumping.
Drink mostly bottled water.
More aware of things that he does around his house, oil, fertilizer.
More conscious of what goes in the drain.
Switch from tap/well water to bottled, filtered, or more purified water
More aware/concerned/watchful of water quality, environment, and/or pollution
Actual change of personal habits or behaviors concerning recycling, water use, proper disposal
of items, and/or water pollution.
Used to not recycle anything and I do not throw cigarette butts down anymore.
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