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Beware of the Fatberg: Bus-sized lump of festering fat discovered in London sewer »
Yes, a “fatberg,” which is new to my vocabulary and the sorta thing that needs to be seen to be believed. What is a “fatberg” you ask? Well, it’s wrongly flushed fatty foods, wet wipes, sanitary napkins etc. that form into grotesque giant blob monsters in sewers. Gordon Hailwood, waste contracts supervisor for Thames Water said: “While we’ve removed greater volumes of fat from under central London in the past, we’ve never seen a single, congealed lump of lard this big clogging our sewers before. “Given we’ve got the biggest sewers and this is the biggest fatberg we’ve encountered, we reckon it has to be the biggest such berg in British history. “The sewer was almost completely… Source Main page (current trends)
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