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I know a guy who knows a guy, and he says that guy takes medical waste and basically dumps it into the sewer. I don’t know if that’s a euphemism for a river or

I know a guy who knows a guy, and he says that guy takes medical waste and basically dumps it into the sewer. I don’t know if that’s a euphemism for a river or burying it in the landfill. But basically his business is to have others pass the buck on regulated disposal to him, who then just dumps it. I’m sure this type of thing is fairly common.

rl3 3y ago
>I’m sure this type of thing is fairly common. Unfortunately: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecomafia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecomafia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_of_death_(Italy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_of_death_(Italy) https://www.vice.com/en/article/3b7m9n/the-mob-made-southen-italy-a-toxic-wasteland-0000555-v22n1 https://www.vice.com/en/article/3b7m9n/the-mob-made-southen-... https://www.vice.com/en/article/j59xap/europes-biggest-illegal-dump-italys-chernobyl-uncovered-in-mafia-heartland https://www.vice.com/en/article/j59xap/europes-biggest-illeg... https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/23/buried-bbc-podcast-exposing-waste-rubbish-crime-scandal https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/23/buried-...
- monero-xmr 3y ago
  The guy I know is in the US, but he deals with a lot of Canadians also. His business is gray (think something like marijuana but not that) where it’s sort of legal in some places but mostly not. One time we were at a bar and his friend came who was wearing a patched biker jacket, I did not recognize the gang. But the guy was totally nice. I have had a few weird situations with organized crime and my hunch is they are way, way bigger than society understands. Like the American Mafia was way too public, the FBI nailed them, and now the smart criminals just don’t exist in any form in the public consciousness. I think OC now exists as legitimate business but it’s just a few layers removed. So they might operate a doctors clinic, but the real point of it is to milk Medicare for scams, and things like this. But on paper it seems correct
  - lozenge 3y ago
    There isn't anywhere within driving distance of the US or Canada that you can legally dump medical waste in a sewer...
    - immibis 3y ago
      That doesn't mean there isn't anyone who does it.

rl3 3y ago

>I’m sure this type of thing is fairly common. Unfortunately: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecomafia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecomafia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_of_death_(Italy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_of_death_(Italy) https://www.vice.com/en/article/3b7m9n/the-mob-made-southen-italy-a-toxic-wasteland-0000555-v22n1 https://www.vice.com/en/article/3b7m9n/the-mob-made-southen-... https://www.vice.com/en/article/j59xap/europes-biggest-illegal-dump-italys-chernobyl-uncovered-in-mafia-heartland https://www.vice.com/en/article/j59xap/europes-biggest-illeg... https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/23/buried-bbc-podcast-exposing-waste-rubbish-crime-scandal https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/23/buried-...

monero-xmr 3y ago
The guy I know is in the US, but he deals with a lot of Canadians also. His business is gray (think something like marijuana but not that) where it’s sort of legal in some places but mostly not. One time we were at a bar and his friend came who was wearing a patched biker jacket, I did not recognize the gang. But the guy was totally nice. I have had a few weird situations with organized crime and my hunch is they are way, way bigger than society understands. Like the American Mafia was way too public, the FBI nailed them, and now the smart criminals just don’t exist in any form in the public consciousness. I think OC now exists as legitimate business but it’s just a few layers removed. So they might operate a doctors clinic, but the real point of it is to milk Medicare for scams, and things like this. But on paper it seems correct
- lozenge 3y ago
  There isn't anywhere within driving distance of the US or Canada that you can legally dump medical waste in a sewer...
  - immibis 3y ago
    That doesn't mean there isn't anyone who does it.