February 28, 2006
Leave it to a twelve-year-old to come up with this cheeky experiment: comparing the levels of bacteria in ice cubes from fast food restaurants…to the water in their toilet bowls. And her result? The toilet bowl water was cleaner. See the story here.
This science fair experiment is currently making the rounds on Jay Leno, ABC, and the rest. According to “Good Morning America”‘s David Katz, this is “not cause for panic, although it is alarming.”
I’ll say! But the problem isn’t that our ice cubes are so dirty, it’s that our toilet water is so damn clean. We’re shitting and peeing in this pristine water—cleaner than our own ice cubes!—while around the world, 6,000 children die every day for lack of adequate sanitation. See the BBC story here.
Surely there’s a tale to be told there.
As for science whiz Jasmine Roberts, she’s not letting her friends chew on ice anymore.
