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 Stories About: Chicago AND holiday AND water pollution
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Sarah van Schagen |
17 Mar 2005 |
Gristmill |
| The Chicago River is a ripe shade of green right about now. The city is famous for its tradition of dyeing the river green for St. Patty's Day, a practice that began in 1962 when city pollution-control workers used dyes to track illegal sewage discharges and realized it could make for a fun holiday event. Although back in '62 they used some 100 pounds of green vegetable dye to do it -- which kept the river green for a week! -- the city now limits it to 40 pounds of ... |
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| Topics: Chicago, holiday, water pollution (all these topics) |
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