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> Most of human history has involved treating bodies of water like magical devices that teleport waste away forever. For much of human history, bodies of water
by nkrisc 8y ago
> Most of human history has involved treating bodies of water like magical devices that teleport waste away forever.
For much of human history, bodies of water effectively did magically dispose of any waste. If you're a small family group or a small tribe, you can pretty much dump anything down a river with no ill consequences.
It was only once extremely large populations gathered around bodies of water for many generations while creating much more and much more toxic waste did it become a problem.
- nojvek 8y agoWell it’s also recently we’ve come up with indispodable items like plastic. 150 years ago, the entire human population could poop into the ocean and I’m sure the ocean would be able to handle it (given it’s not all in the same place) The ocean is huuuuuuge. However plastic can survive for a looooooooong time.