by Jen G Warning: These photos are horrifying.
When I came across these images on the Facebook feed of local environmental activist Laura Hofman, depicting a couple playing fetch with their dog off the Newtown Creek Nature Center, I was shocked and naturally disgusted. My first reaction was – Animal Abuse! Call the ASPCA. Â
After reading the comments, it was noted…
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Great post. I once saw a Chinese guy fishing and wondered the same thing–whether he didn’t care or could not understand the signs, which are in English only.
I’ve been told — not sure if it’s true — that eating the fish caught in waters near Greenpoint is okay.
i never said that… it was a quote. but try and let me know how it goes… dying to find out
I see this in their future…
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0147857/
As a public service, maybe some multilingual resident of Greenpoint would be willing to post an addendum to the English-only version? Looks like there is plenty of room to tack a new sign on below. Not suggesting anyone deface the sign itself, but adding more info below what’s there now could help. Admittedly, the symbols and language there now don’t communicate any sense of urgency. I mean, what’s the uninversal symbol for “toxic”? A skull and crossbones doesn’t seem out of place here. Or maybe a pile of poo?
While the Newtown Creek Nature Walk was built by the City to “explore and learn about wastewater treatment, harbor water quality, and the history of New York City”, to the uneducated visitor, it just looks like an invitation to interact with the water.
OR MAYBE PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN ENGLISH!
“and raw sewage from the treatment plant flows into the creek”
so that big new treatment plant isn’t actually doing anything? This statement is only true during heavy rainfall, so its false the majority of the time.
100% of the time it is dangerous to your health to swim in the creek.
“In a very informative talk given by Ate Atema, which you can watch here, he explains how over 50% of rainfalls in NYC trigger CSOs and that our outdated one pipe system that accepts both rain and sewage is vulnerable but would be almost impossible to retrofit.”
https://greenpointers.com/2014/01/27/tedx-gowanus-recap/#more-31152
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fblhKo4V3C8
That’s a bad batting average.
I agree wholeheartedly with Razor Don’s comment. How can people come to a new country, live there and NOT LEARN THE LANGUAGE?!!??
I guess Laura and Razor’s interpretation of “freedom of speech” is really the “freedom to speak only American english”.
If we take their logic at face value and if Laura and Razor live in Greenpoint they should learn Polish and Spanish and probably a dozen other languages.
YAY! to knee jerk reactionists