Opponents of peat harvesting in this country argue that it would alter the ecological balance of our peatrich wetlands and that, as a direct consequence of this, much of the country' s water supply would be threatened with contamination  But this cannot be true, for in Ireland, where peat has been harvested for centuries, the water supply is not contaminated
We can safely proceed with the harvesting of peat
The original ecology of the peat-harvesting areas of Ireland was virtually identical to that of the undisturbed wetlands of this country.