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...fogs mix with smoke and auto exhaust to produce a particularly noxious result, and the Chena River, which splits the city, is a sewer. In the desolate village of Eek (pop. 182), sewage disposal is impossible because the water table is practically level with the ground. The only flush toilet in town is disconnected. Human
...even the best police work, as it is currently set up in the U.S., is little more than a symbolic response to crime. Police can do little to prevent the creation of criminals. The dark reservoirs of anger and disappointment besetting the nation inevitably erupt into violence; a society flush with consumer goods multiplies crime incentives and opportunities. In short, crime has taken on a chronic quality that seems beyond the power of the present police system to change...
...Clark University in Worcester, Mass. Even more repulsive is the fact that the drinking water in 144 of the 155 U.S. cities with a population of more than 25,000 now contains measurable traces of sewage effluents dumped upstream. Americans also squander vast quantities of fresh water to flush away small amounts of wastes. As a result, the nation's water is needlessly polluted at a prodigal rate...
...Flush Toilet...
...flush toilet," said James R. Hamilton of the Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference, Con Ed's chief opponent...