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Sewage Spill in the Potomac River
- subscribed 8mo agoI didn't think I could envy Americans something. But they get a report and an incident status. While we in the UK get business as usual and the millions (not exaggerating) of hours of routine untreated sewage spill out straight into rivers and lakes mostly completely unpunished : https://www.wokingnewsandmail.co.uk/news/environment-news/first-comprehensive-map-reveals-true-horror-of-englands-sewage-crisis-760701 https://www.wokingnewsandmail.co.uk/news/environment-news/fi... Caused by the privatisation (thanks to the Tory party of the time) then willful neglect from all the subsequent governments, AND the rotating doors (ie: corruption) between the "oversight" bodies and the excrement industry. Dirty island of corruption.
- nathan_compton 8mo agoGet RFK down there to take a dip.
- BobBagwill 8mo agoHe hasn't been the same since the worm died. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasites_Lost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasites_Lost
- ducktastic 8mo agoWhere can I find the GoFundMe campaign to assist in cleanup efforts?? /s
- time4tea 8mo agoSewage Map is great. You can get a great picture of the scale of the problem in the UK at https://top-of-the-poops.org https://top-of-the-poops.org It shows live and historic sewage dumps for the last 5 years for constituencies, beaches & shellfish areas...