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Fish killed as soft drink leaks from factory
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Posted on 05/19/2006 8:48:59 AM PDT by tomnbeverly
It has become a big no-no in school lunchboxes because of its unhealthy reputation. But it seems that Sunny D, formerly known as Sunny Delight, is not half as bad for children as it is for fish.
Around 8,000 litres of concentrate used to make the drink leaked into a watercourse on Wednesday morning, turning the river bright yellow.
Dozens of fish were found floating on the surface, poisoned by the lurid mixture.
The spill of 'sub-standard' juice was a category one pollution incident, the most serious kind, according to the Environment Agency.
It was caused by a split in an underground fibreglass tank at the Gerber Foods Soft Drink factory in Bridgwater, Somerset. Approximately six tons of juice and concentrate, due for disposal, seeped into a tributary of the River Parrett.
Gerber employees began a major mopping-up operation to stop the juice reaching the river and causing more environmental havoc.
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KEYWORDS: deadfish; sowhat; sunnyd; sunnydelight; treehuggers
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Somehow Tony Blair and George W. Bush are to blame. Anyway Ihope all Gore makes a movie about it how about "Nothing Sunny, about D spill in England" oh well
To: tomnbeverly
If it were Mountain Dew, the fish would be flying and performing stunts...
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posted on
05/19/2006 8:50:33 AM PDT
by
TommyDale
(North Carolina looks forward to the disbarring of Mike Nifong.)
To: tomnbeverly
i never liked that junk.wonder if it glows in the dark...
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posted on
05/19/2006 8:50:33 AM PDT
by
camle
(Keep your mind open and somebody will fill if full of something for you.)
To: tomnbeverly
Somehow, I think this story is more about oxygenation of the water than "poisonous" Sunny D... not that I like the junk, mind you...
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posted on
05/19/2006 8:51:22 AM PDT
by
pgyanke
(Christ has a tolerance for sinners; liberals have a tolerance for sin.)
To: tomnbeverly
Sunny D...I'll take Tang and only if I'm getting a cat scan.
To: tomnbeverly
Sunny D is nasty stuff. Really vile.
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posted on
05/19/2006 8:52:26 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
I know I hate it... but my kids do drink it...
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posted on
05/19/2006 8:53:35 AM PDT
by
tomnbeverly
(Steer Clear Of Large Metropolitian Areas Because The Liberals Will Reap What They Sow.)
To: tomnbeverly
If a human tries to breath Sunny-D, it's fatal to them as well...a detail probably lost on this journalist.
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posted on
05/19/2006 8:53:42 AM PDT
by
Old_Mil
(http://www.constitutionparty.org - Forging a Rebirth of Freedom.)
To: tomnbeverly
Around 8,000 litres of concentrate used to make the drink leaked into a watercourse...8Kl is a little more than a "leak".
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posted on
05/19/2006 8:54:12 AM PDT
by
randog
(What the...?!)
To: randog
Especially when concentrate 1 ounce = 1 gallon of the juice?????????????
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posted on
05/19/2006 8:55:07 AM PDT
by
tomnbeverly
(Steer Clear Of Large Metropolitian Areas Because The Liberals Will Reap What They Sow.)
To: dead
Sunny D California Style isn't too bad. Still has a small aftertaste.......
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posted on
05/19/2006 8:55:14 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
To: tomnbeverly
We have problems in Florida with Red Tide...this is the first I've heard of Orange Tide.
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posted on
05/19/2006 8:57:28 AM PDT
by
dawn53
To: tomnbeverly
Sunny D released ... Women, Minorities, and perch hit hardest.
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posted on
05/19/2006 8:57:38 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Never question Bruce Dickinson!)
To: TommyDale
If it were Mountain Dew, the fish would be flying and performing stunts... 
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posted on
05/19/2006 9:01:41 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Never ask a Kennedy if he'll have another drink. It's nobody's business how much he's had already.)
To: dead
I prefer the purple stuff... :)
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posted on
05/19/2006 9:02:21 AM PDT
by
MNlurker
To: tomnbeverly
Somehow Tony Blair and George W. Bush are to blame... ...and HALIBURTON..HALIBURTON..HALIBURTON!!! (he falls to the floor, sobs, and begins to weep)
To: tomnbeverly
I had a senior crewman who took a pair of severely rusted pliers and soaked them in that stuff. A couple hours later they still had some rust, but they were working and easily cleaned up from there.
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posted on
05/19/2006 9:05:54 AM PDT
by
capt. norm
(W.C. Fields: "Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.")
To: tomnbeverly
Probably not a good "hook" for a new Sunny D. ad campaign.
"Sunny D., it'll turn your little goldfish into angelfish."
And they'd better relocate from the Catskills, or somebody's going to finally make the connection and call out the ASPCA.
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posted on
05/19/2006 9:07:39 AM PDT
by
Vicomte13
(Aure entuluva!)
To: martin gibson
Thats right... they rigged it so Haliburton would get the Clean Up Contract.... Dick Cheney continues to profit.... Stop the lunacy please...
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posted on
05/19/2006 9:10:12 AM PDT
by
tomnbeverly
(Steer Clear Of Large Metropolitian Areas Because The Liberals Will Reap What They Sow.)
To: Vicomte13
Where is Greenpeace when it is needed??? OI-VEY...
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posted on
05/19/2006 9:11:52 AM PDT
by
tomnbeverly
(Steer Clear Of Large Metropolitian Areas Because The Liberals Will Reap What They Sow.)
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