sinkhole so big it swallowed an entire bus in the floodwaters below. fortunately all the tourists traveling in the bus got out safely beforehand in plenty of time to shoot this amazing footage. speaking of things getting flushed away, do we have a story for you. like that transition? ever seen the flushable wipes next to the toilet paper in the grocery store? they may be flushable in the strictest technical sense of the word but thet don t actually break down in the sewer and that causes major problems in, say, a city like new york where 8 million people use the bathroom. wipes which are increasingly popular are piling up in treatment plants gumming up the machinery and causing a seriously disgusting situation. i know this, because i went to the biggest waste treatment facility in new york city to check out the problem firsthand. we have a digestion system that breaks down organics. these wet wipes with synthetic, plastic-based, so they don t break down in the treatment process. we
traveling in the bus got out safely before hand in plenty of time to shoot this amazing footage. speaking of things getting flushed away, do we have a story for you. like that transition? ever seen the flushable wipes next to the toilet paper in the grocery store? they may be flushable in the technical sense of the word, but they don t actually break down in the sewer. that causes major problems in, say, a city like new york, where 8 million people use the bathroom. wipes which are increasingly popular are piling up in treatment plans and causing a seriously disgusting situation. i know this, because i went to the biggest waste treatment facility in new york city to check out the problem firsthand. we have a digestion system that breaks down organics. these wet wipes are plastic based. and so they don t break down in the process. we have to physically remove them. and that s an extra cost we didn t anticipate years ago. it s an incredible and incredibly gross story.
crazy video where heavy rainfall caused a sinkhole so big, it swallowed an entire bus in the floodwaters below. fortunately all the tourists traveling in the bus got out safely before hand in plenty of time to shoot this amazing footage. speaking of things getting flushed away do we have a story for you. like that transition? ever seen the flushable wipes next to the toilet paper in the grocery store? they may be flushable in the technical sense of the word but they don t actually break down in the sewer. that causes major problems in say, a city like new york where 8 million people use the bathroom. wipes which are increasingly popular are piling up in treatment plans and causing a seriously disgusting situation. i know this because i went to the biggest waste treatment facility in new york city to check out the problem firsthand. we have a digestion system that breaks down organics. these wet wipes are plastic based.
specific tips on what to do including limiting cell phone use by children, using a headset, using belt clips, avoiding cell phones in weak signal areas. this is something, again, we ve been reporting on for some time. concern that using a cell phone for too long, too many years could potentially problematic to your health. the world health organization even weighing in on this earlier this year saying they now consider cell phone radiation the nonionizing radiation a plausible carcinogen, something that could cause cancer. at least here in san francisco, you ll see flyers like this for some time to come. so exactly how do we best protect kids from head injuries, especially head injuries related to sports? scientists are making incredible headway trying to link these hits on football fields, for example, with mood swings, with depression, with even suicide. something that we ve talked about quite a bit. there is a signature injury. and we re starting to see it in people younge
air? yes, when it does it s picking up the oil on the surface. reporter: taking it into its body? yes, if you re drinking oil it s not good for the digestion system. he s in distress. reporter: it seemed to be having breathing problems and after a few moments it disappeared into the reddish oily muck. we re about to take off, didn t want to leave without getting a souvenir. there it is, the gulf of mexico oil spill. that s one leading band of it, see how it s floating to the top. all of this is going that way back towards shore. and this is what it looks like almost 12 hours later. you see how this is all separated after the oil has come in contact with the dispersant, coming down to the bottom of the bottle and up here the nasty oil film, almost a small microkaux of what we saw in the gulf of