Swimming in sewerage

[sunnydale]

I remember being in the sea at Blackpool when I was a kid. The water was just up to my knees. When I came out, I had a red rash from the knees down and it was very itchy and sore. My mum had to smear antiseptic cream all over my legs.
God knows what was in there.....but I've never had a reaction like that in any other place I've been to.

And I haven't been to Blackpool since!

[acherontia]

Well... when I were a t' lass (think Mony Python Sketch)..

The brook at the end of the garden used to change colour everytime the bleach works discharged various stuff. Many a time the 'Ginny Green Teeth' would go white and die in the face of chemical onslaught.. I don't think the average person thought that perhaps this brook (amongst others) would all go into a river and so on and so forth..!!

Heaven knows what it did to everything else.... and don't get me started on the fog!!

Yes things have improved - but there's still a lot to be done. A quick fix of the most obvious doesn't fully address the basic issues of human impact.

Replacement of hedgerows that were ripped up not too long ago may be a small redress for political meddling mistakes ...Grrr

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