June 6, 2007: Eastern pollution two-fer

xoB finds both these wire service images which highlight remarkable pollution problems in the East. First, above, these guys are collecting plastic for recycling, out of the rest of the crap in the Citarum River in Indonesia. The official cap notes that this river is a source of clean drinking water for many cities in Java island. Well, probably not *clean* drinking water...



And this is a pond near Wuhan, China; they say 275,000 pounds of fish died in three days due to water pollution.

Dude in the second picture is all "Woo, I got me a BIG one!"

And I feel bad when I accidentally toss a soda can in the regular trash can and not the recyclable(sp)... Is this in the cards for Italy?....

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Originally Posted by bigw00dy And I feel bad when I accidentally toss a soda can in the regular trash can and not the recyclable(sp)

and I feel bad when I have to buy a can instead of a glass bottle...

there is something a bit wrong in this world...

That Wuhan lake is actually being ravaged by a killer algae... They're diverting part of the Yangtze river to clean it out.

Color me repulsed.

It is true that more heavily industrialized and richer actually means cleaner.

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Originally Posted by wolf It is true that more heavily industrialized and richer actually means cleaner.

Where's the crying Indian, err, Native American when you need him?

In a few weeks, those fish will be showing up in a grocery store near you.

I hope that guy in the top pic doesn't throw his cigarette butt in the river! Give a hoot...don't pollute.

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Originally Posted by HLJ In a few weeks, those fish will be showing up in a grocery store near you.

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Originally Posted by Silazius

Ah ^(^%%$*&$ They have the gall - THE GALL!! to blame that on The Algae. Sheesh! Yeah, the algae that bloomed due to the gross pollution.