the empire festers

8-8-07—The number of US beaches declared unsafe for swimming reached a record last year, with more than 25,000 cases where shorelines were closed or health advisories issued … The number of no-swim days at 3500 beaches had doubled from 2005. www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/titinx.asp
What have they done to the earth? What have they done to our fair sister? Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her; stuck her with knives in the sight of the dawn; tied her with fences and dragged her down…-THE DOORS, ca. 1968