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Article: In my View.(News)
- Article from:
- The Journal (Newcastle, England)
- Article date:
- April 29, 2006
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Byline: By Robert Handyside
I'd finish your breakfast before you read on. I have some disturbing news. The disposable nappy is now the single most popular item of household rubbish. It is the greatest threat to life on our planet.
When the human race disappears and aliens land on Earth they'll be confused. The extra-terrestrial archaeologists will drill down and take cores from Earth landfill sites. They'll make a grisly discovery (of course, they'll probably send in robots to do their dirty work; advanced civilisations don't like getting their hands ...