‘Diaper Brigade’ fights a chemical crisis in Java’s rivers

Mongabay
Sep 6, 2018, 10:46 am319 pts
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Dressed in a hazmat suit with boots, gloves and a mask, Prigi Arisandi waded into a river north of Yogyakarta, a city in the center of the island of Java. The toxic mess he was planning to clean up from a river that locals still rely on for their water: used diapers. “It’s the same…

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