Morpethcurve
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- 26 Jun 2012
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Good Day All,
I've tried a few searches - numerous mentions of tanks in passing, couldn't find a thread specific to the issue.
Can someone make the penny drop (ha ha - think about it...) for me please. Although dropping toilet waste on the sleepers seems a bit unsavoury per se, how much of a big deal is it in practical terms?
At any speed, the product is effectively atomised as it hits the ground, and who is affected, apart from railway staff walking on the tracks?
Do said staff need a high level of protection compared to, say, sewer workers, who spend much more time in much closer proximity to the substance?
What about farmers, who spend much of their working lives walking about in animal effluent?
How about dog owners cleaning up their gardens (and me, flinging cat poo over the back fence every few days)? Loads of people allow dogs and cats to lick their faces. The potential for indirect fecal contact is surely considerable.
What medical evidence is there for rail workers becoming ill from contact (and I wonder what the comparative stats are for sewer workers and farmers)?
I am eager to be educated here. Am I being naïve in thinking that the only real downside with the way we've done things for over a century is the occasional souvenir left on the track in a station due to passenger thoughtlessness or desperation?
The cost of designing/installing tanks, plus the infrastructure needed to empty them, is massive. Justifiable?
Thanks - Morpethcurve
I've tried a few searches - numerous mentions of tanks in passing, couldn't find a thread specific to the issue.
Can someone make the penny drop (ha ha - think about it...) for me please. Although dropping toilet waste on the sleepers seems a bit unsavoury per se, how much of a big deal is it in practical terms?
At any speed, the product is effectively atomised as it hits the ground, and who is affected, apart from railway staff walking on the tracks?
Do said staff need a high level of protection compared to, say, sewer workers, who spend much more time in much closer proximity to the substance?
What about farmers, who spend much of their working lives walking about in animal effluent?
How about dog owners cleaning up their gardens (and me, flinging cat poo over the back fence every few days)? Loads of people allow dogs and cats to lick their faces. The potential for indirect fecal contact is surely considerable.
What medical evidence is there for rail workers becoming ill from contact (and I wonder what the comparative stats are for sewer workers and farmers)?
I am eager to be educated here. Am I being naïve in thinking that the only real downside with the way we've done things for over a century is the occasional souvenir left on the track in a station due to passenger thoughtlessness or desperation?
The cost of designing/installing tanks, plus the infrastructure needed to empty them, is massive. Justifiable?
Thanks - Morpethcurve