[a_Turk]

A resident walks over a river polluted with waste from Brazil's biggest city of Sao Paulo, with foam covering a bridge and several streets of the small colonial town of Bom Jesus do Pirapora with a thick layer of snow-like material that emits harmful acidic gas, July 4, 2003.


Pollution from a river laden with waste from Brazil's biggest city of Sao Paulo covers some of the streets of the small colonial town of Bom Jesus do Pirapora with a thick layer of snow-like foam that emits harmful acidic gas, July 4, 2003. A Town Hall official contacted by Reuters said the foam had been affecting Bom Jesus do Pirapora for about a month, but a clogged clear-water channel made the foam levels rise especially high, blocking bridges across the river Tiete, which runs through the town and nearby streets. (BRAZIL OUT, NO SALES) REUTERS/Daniel Pera-Ag O Globo

[a_Turk]

WOW ping..

[Slyfox]

Looks like another Democratic Snow Job to me.

[Prodigal Son]

Holy Moly!

[Puddleglum]

Gag - it's the frothy scum from a sewage tratment plant, times 1,000,000.

[RightWhale]

Should we assume the greenies, the enviros, the Sierra Club, and ecotopes will be congregating in Sao Paolo to assist with the cleanup instead of parading in protest of mystical problems in some Euro or US city this weekend?

[lawdude]

"...with a thick layer of snow-like foam that emits harmful acidic gas on Friday. "

And what does it emit on Saturday through Thursday?

[Calvin Locke]

...harmful acidic gas

BFD. Nature does the same thing. When the Blues (Bluefish) are running, they chase Poagies (aka Menhaden) in to coves,
where they suck up all the 02 in the water and die.

The fumes from resulting decomposition peel the paint off of neighboring structures.

[mewzilla]

Holy surfactants, Batman!

[Rate_Determining_Step]

QUICK!!! CALL WOODY HARLESON!

What was that news thing about 4th of July BBQs destroying the planet?

[oldvike]

Yikes!