Glastonbury's Toxic Legacy
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7/12/2007
So, you are just back from Glastonbury and are basking in the glow, not just of the music, but of the festival's climate change campaign with its solar powered showers and recycled toilet paper? Think again.
If you are one of those who attended Glastonbury 2007 and are now giving yourself a pat on the back because of the festival's eco friendly image and climate change campaign then you are in for a shock. According to New Scientist in an article on the festival, festival goers spent so much time urinating in one of the site's rivers, the Whitelake stream, that the river has been labelled an 'eco hazard' and has been sealed off because, "levels of ammonia (found in the urine) are now high enough to pose a serious threat to the fish, frog and toad populations...and that the urine is contaminated with alcohol and drugs, which also affects the frog and toad population."
Nice work, kids.