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NEWS ABOUT: poop

poop stories: 7 news summaries

 Manatee Poo Forces 
 Fla. Beach Closing 

'It was disgusting, but mystifying,' one resident says

Oct 9, 09 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Florida beach has reopened after a deluge of manatee poo forced it to close. Vero Beach city employees spent hours burying what may have been a mile-long stretch of dung. Environmental officials blamed the mess on unusual wind patterns. “I’ve never seen anything like it, and I’... More »

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Florida • Atlantic Ocean • beach • Manatees • poop • Vero Beach, Fla. • feces

(Newser) - Emperor penguin droppings are so concentrated that the reddish-brown guano has been spotted from space, reports the Times of London. That's a good thing because it's helping scientists pinpoint colonies of the giant birds in Antarctica and help experts track climate change affects. “The ice gets pretty dirty and... More »

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climate change • global warming • Antarctica • poop • penguins • emperor penguins • guano • droppings

Aussie Feces Fracas Drags Bacon's Name Down Under

Squabble falls within
6 degrees of culprit

Oct 28, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - No, actor Kevin Bacon did not poop in anyone’s ice cream, reports Australia's Age. That we know of. But Stephen and Jessica Whyte insist someone put human feces in the gelato they were served at a Sydney hotel. Newspapers noticed that the Whytes have ties to a... More »

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Australia • Sydney • Kevin Bacon • ice cream • poop

OPINION

It's Time to
Talk More
About Toilets

In disasters like Burma, excrement 'a weapon
of mass destruction'

May 19, 08 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Modern squeamishness about discussing human feces can cost lives, Rose George writes in the New York Times. The recent disastrous cyclone in Burma highlights how important waste-containment (read: latrines) is to staving off disease, but if wealthy nations won't deign to discuss No. 2, it's hard for them to organize... More »

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health • sanitation • Burma • poop • Cyclone Nargis • latrines

 Poop Scoopers 
 Rake It In 

'Waste specialists' see increasing profits with a business 'always picking up'

Apr 14, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The economy might be slowing, but one man's poop-scooping business is, well, piling up. A sixth sense for sniffing out the goods is earning Ron Johnson's Poo-B-Gone $75,000 yearly, the Chicago Tribune reports. Pet owners who are too busy or grossed-out to handle their dogs' waste pay up to... More »

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pets • weird • poop • pet waste • Poo-B-Gone • Ron Johnson • poop scooping

 Poo-Poo to Navel-Gazing: 
 Look Lower 

Enough navel-gazing; looking lower will yield clues into your inner workings

Mar 12, 08 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Poop isn't just joke fodder, Leslie Crawford writes in Salon, it can also be a vital way to assess your health and well-being, and Americans are being prompted to scrutinize (and rhapsodize over) what they produce in a variety of media. From Oprah to the popular book What's Your Poo ... More »

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health • toilet paper • Oprah Winfrey • bathroom • toilet • poop • bowel movements

Greenies Bank on Worm Poop

All organic fertilizers changing the marketplace

Sep 22, 07 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - One company wanting to "make millions while saving the world" is banking on worm poop, using it for eco-friendly fertilizer—though chemical compost still clogs the market, CNN reports. Greenies are boosting the organic fertilizer market by 10% per year, but most homeowners have "failed" the "environmentally... More »

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environmentalism • organic • fertilizer • poop

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