W EEKLY EDITION SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
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More About Wee in Pa - Ree
City still promoting urinal campaign
When we last checked in with the campaign to end public
urination in the City of Light, everything seemed to be going
fine with street urinals popping up all over the city, like on the
banks of the Seine. Well, maybe not so fine – they've proven
to be somewhat controversial.
" Paris has upped the scatological stakes, releasing a quirky
new v iral video called ' Pas Pipi Dans Paris ' or "Don't Pee In
Paris,'" according to National Public Radio. The city has
become more involved in the program and s ome video
commenters bemoan the fact that tax dollars are going
toward such low - brow ridiculousness. We've watched it, and it's,
uh, out there.
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An Unfortunate Offshoot of Hurricane Florence: Hog Lagoons
Two have been breached, four are flooded and fourteen others are full
Hog lagoons are particularly prominent in North Caroli na ,
according to the Daily Beast, and e ach of the 4,000 lagoons
contain tons of waste and some have breached before — after
Hurricane Floyd in 1999, thousands of dead pigs and waste
from 50 lagoons contaminated the state's main rivers.
"Two 'hog lagoons' ha ve already breached, according to the
state's pork council, while four are flooded and 14 others are
at capacity. The pig - poop lakes are the size of a soccer field, "
reports the web site. " and will present a real danger to
human health if they contaminate the state's waterways. " To
make matters worse, the waters are also at risk of contamination from millions of gallons of partially treated human feces af ter
sewage plants across the state flooded. Coal - ash ponds, chemical factories, landfills, and hazardous waste dumps are also
located on the state's rivers.
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