Popsicles Made From 100 Different Polluted Water Sources Grab World’s Attention
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James Gould-Bourn
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These popsicles might look like the sort of thing you’d expect to find being served from a quirky organic artisanal food truck, but one bite could leave you very ill indeed, because they’re actually made from sewage found in the polluted waters of Taiwan.
They were made by three design students for the Polluted Water Popsicles project, which aims to raise awareness about rising water pollution due to rapid economic growth and urbanization. Water was taken from 100 different water sources in Taiwan and turned into frozen toxic popsicles before Hung I-chen, Guo Yi-hui, and Cheng Yu-ti from the National Taiwan University of Arts recreated them using transparent polyester resin. They even made wrappers for them that represented the different regions from which the polluted water samples were taken. While the trash in the water was varied, about 90 percent of it was plastic, and the popsicles contain everything from bottle caps and plastic bags to bottles and chopstick wrappers. It’s a simple yet effective way of getting us to think about water pollution from a totally different perspective. Popsicle anyone?
More info: Polluted Water Popsicles Project
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I would love to see these posted individually with a location and list of contaminants.
Me too.
Ah okay. I don't have Facebook I couldn't see it
https://www.facebook.com/PollutedWaterPopsicles
I don't see any individual posts of each pop with its pertinent information even on their FB page. Did you see any?
Did you click the link at the top? Might be posted that way on there
Caitlyn, I did click the link. It goes to their Facebook page about the project. It mostly shows the students and the conglomeration of the project, but I do not see any individual postings like I mentioned I would like to see. Kent, Google Translate tends to be very poor at translating Asian languages, but that doesn't change that I don't see individual postings of each pop with the information I mentioned.
Yes, it's very helpful...if you speak Chinese
You are on the internet Viktoria. Ever hear of Google Translate? Or the many other translation programs out there? Google's will do it automatically installed on Chrome.
Very pretty, but sad to see that water gets that way... People who trash the planet don't realize the after effects of it all.
I agree and people in poor countries have to drink it
Hi Lucybaby! First of all I only write this with a good will, and i don't judge you at all... but have you ever bought any product wich has plastic wrapping, or is plastic itself? Because if the answer is yes, then You also ''trash'' the planet, without realizing it.
I think we would all have to say "yes." Just buying groceries means a ridiculous amount of plastic, even with reusable bags!
These are very powerful images about pollution and so well done!
I would love to see these posted individually with a location and list of contaminants.
Me too.
Ah okay. I don't have Facebook I couldn't see it
https://www.facebook.com/PollutedWaterPopsicles
I don't see any individual posts of each pop with its pertinent information even on their FB page. Did you see any?
Did you click the link at the top? Might be posted that way on there
Caitlyn, I did click the link. It goes to their Facebook page about the project. It mostly shows the students and the conglomeration of the project, but I do not see any individual postings like I mentioned I would like to see. Kent, Google Translate tends to be very poor at translating Asian languages, but that doesn't change that I don't see individual postings of each pop with the information I mentioned.
Yes, it's very helpful...if you speak Chinese
You are on the internet Viktoria. Ever hear of Google Translate? Or the many other translation programs out there? Google's will do it automatically installed on Chrome.
Very pretty, but sad to see that water gets that way... People who trash the planet don't realize the after effects of it all.
I agree and people in poor countries have to drink it
Hi Lucybaby! First of all I only write this with a good will, and i don't judge you at all... but have you ever bought any product wich has plastic wrapping, or is plastic itself? Because if the answer is yes, then You also ''trash'' the planet, without realizing it.
I think we would all have to say "yes." Just buying groceries means a ridiculous amount of plastic, even with reusable bags!
These are very powerful images about pollution and so well done!