Cocaine and MDMA from urine flowing in river near music festival , potentially harming rare eels

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A Brit friend who eats everything lists this as her one exception.

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In related news, demand for Whitelake River brand bottled water continues to exceed expectations.

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And they are tripping…

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oh man . . . eel pies made with ball trippin’ eels

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To put it in perspective the peak concentration of MDMA came to 322 nanograms per liter. The summary in the paper doesn’t look like their technique can tell the difference between a few pills dropped in the mud and urine. The paper highlights (dangerous levels of cocaine) don’t match the abstract (cocaine levels did not rise to a risk threshold, despite being higher than MDMA levels). It seems like there are some absolutely massive jumps in reasoning unsupported by data.

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Same as it ever was with the prohibition warriors. If they dealt in truth, their moral crusade would’ve been over before it ever began.

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I am so claiming “Rave Eels” for my nonexistent band name.

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But, wait: Law of Unintended Consequences, and all that. Suppose we cleaned up the rivers? How would the endangered Glastonbury Raver Eel return to its spawning grounds every year?

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Worth mentioning that the festival has been trying to reduce the number of people pissing al fresco for years. Also the festival has been cancelled for the last two years, so the eels have had to go cold turkey.

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Hmm. Underworld. A bit like Led Zep. Saying you like them means your journey hasn’t strayed far from the path. Now this is good electronica. The eels would approve.

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Maybe they could boil the urine out of the water, starting a forest fire, which would drive away the ravers and save the eels?

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Now that would be Californication.

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For the post-party:

But seriously guys, think about your environment when you are out. Don’t harm out delicate flora and fauna.

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It’s Glastonbury. Underworld is about as underground as it gets there.

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The pyramid stage is the path, dude…

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