http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-06-20-17-04-58 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Call it the big flush. Because a 21-year-old man was caught on a security camera urinating into a city reservoir, Oregon's biggest city is sending 8 million gallons of treated drinking water down the drain. Portland officials defended the decision Monday, saying they didn't want to send city residents water laced, however infinitesimally, with urine. Public health officials say, however, that urine is sterile in healthy people and that the urine in the reservoir was so diluted - perhaps a half pint in millions of gallons - that it posed little risk. Some people in the city, in the suburbs and around the world called the flush an overreaction, especially since animals such as ducks contribute waste routinely and, sometimes, die in the water. Go Blazers
Those same people who called it an over reaction probably would have been the first in line to sue if there had been an actual health issue over it all.
I saw this headline on Drudge and thought, "That seems dumb" but I didn't click through. Learning that it happened in Portland... I'm not shocked. Ed O.
i drink urine all the time, its tasty and nutritious of course i guzzle mine straight from the tap, i wouldnt want it mixed with decaying duck carcass
The fuck do you have against ducks? Overripe duck sashimi is considered a delicacy in certain parts of the world. barfo
Can't open the link right now...did he at least get fined/garnished for this? Water rates where I live are pretty high, even if you get a discount for high usage.
