August 2009
→ Algae
(21st August 2009)
Some graphic pictures in the Daily Mail of algae blooms caused by overloading water with nutrients in sewage.
→ 1854
(19th August 2009)
The Guardian of 1854 warns against cholera quackery, but says not a word about John Snow, still being roundly ignored in 1854 despite discovering that cholera travels in water, not bad air. Nor is there a mention of salt and sugar - oral rehydration therapy/salts - though its importance in replacing lost liquids and salts had been discovered in the 1830s.
→ Sea
(18th August 2009)
China tries a flush solution that Hong Kong has been doing since the 1950s.
(13th August 2009)
I'm taking questions this week at the New York Times City Room blog. Anything you want to know about shit, please do ask, here.
→ Shower
(5th August 2009)
Pee-ing in the shower? Whyever not?
(5th August 2009)
Forward thinking from Gothamist and Wired about a future, crowded time when packages will b delivered via sewers.