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The river running through Cleveland used to be so polluted that it caught fire at least a dozen times.[1] [1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuyahoga-r
by vaughnegut 6y ago
The river running through Cleveland used to be so polluted that it caught fire at least a dozen times.[1]
[1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuyahoga-river-caught-fire-least-dozen-times-no-one-cared-until-1969-180972444/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuyahoga-river-caught...
- xxpor 6y agoAnd provided the spark that caused the Clean Water Act to pass. Impossible to imagine something similar today.
- mdturnerphys 6y agoMaybe in the US, but I've seen some horribly dirty waterways in other countries.
- sholladay 6y agoUnless you live in Flint. Then nothing is impossible to imagine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis
- xxpor 6y agoSorry that was ambiguously worded. My point was that nothing like the CWA was even floated afterwards, since everyone knows the politics of today wouldn't allow it.
- lostlogin 6y agoI wonder if this is how Terry Pratchett was inspired, as the Ankh sometimes caught fire. https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Ankh-Morpork https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Ankh-Morpork