Environmentalists Want Port-a-Potties Installed on Top of Mt. Everest - Volunteers have hauled away 900 pounds of poop -

Environmentalists Want Port-a-Potties Installed on Top of Mt. Everest - Volunteers have hauled away 900 pounds of poop - 

Green groups say there's just too much poop on top of Mount Everest, not to mention trash and even corpses.

Eco Himal is asking the Nepalese government to put port-a-potties on the famous peak, which they say has become fouled by generations of climbers who leave deposits that can last forever given the climate.

"Human waste is a problem, of course," the group's director, Phinjo Sherpa, told AFP. "I am merely suggesting that if we have public toilets they can be used."

Experienced climbers may come with special toilet cans, but others just find a place in the snow, 29,028 feet above sea level.

Eco Everest Expedition a coalition of environmentalists, has collected more than 13 tons of garbage, including 880 pounds of human waste and four bodies since 2008. Climbers are supposed to show they have returned with everything they carried up the mountain, and must leave $4,000 deposits, refundable only when they show they've done so. Still, some estimate that at least 10 tons of garbage remains on the mountain.

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http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/weird/Greens-Want-Port-a-Potties-on-Top-of-Mount-Everest-131803278.html

California Telling 12 Year Olds It’s Okay to have Sex Without Parent’s Knowledge -

California Telling 12 Year Olds It’s Okay to have Sex Without Parent’s Knowledge - 




California has long held the reputation as being one of the most sexually permissive states in the union.  Between the huge gay communities, nude bike rides through towns, nude beaches and history of liberal sexual protests, areas of the state are hot beds for hedonism and promiscuity.


Over the years, not only has the state led the way of sexual openness, but they have also led the way to taking away the rights of parents in knowing about the activities of their minor children.  Among the loss of parental rights was a measure that gave kids as young as 12 years of age the right to seek out the diagnosis and treatment of STDs (sexually transmitted diseases).


This past Sunday, California Governor Jerry Brown sign Assembly Bill 499 into law that goes a step further in providing preventive care for children 12 and over to prevent contracting STD’s or drug related diseases such as hepatitis B.  The new law provides for vaccines for HPV, HIV and hepatitis to be made available to teens without parental consent or knowledge.


One of the bill’s sponsors, Assemblywoman Toni Atkins said, “It doesn’t make sense to leave out medical care to prevent STDs while allowing minors to access treatment after they’ve already been exposed.  This bill will prevent adolescents from contracting life-threatening illnesses.”


What surprised me was to learn that ten other states and the District of Columbia have similar laws allowing preventative care without parental consent.


A number of critics of the law and advocates for parent’s rights have spoken out against the measure, but to no avail.  President of SaveCalifornia.com, Randy Thomasson said, “[Governor] Brown has no excuse to deny patients essential information and trample parents’ consent for their children, who lack the brain development to make big decisions like this.  It is unfair and wrong for AB 499 to coerce children behind their parents’ backs, when calling or emailing a child’s mother or father to set an appointment is the respectful way to communicate vital information and answer important questions.”


It’s one thing for a state like Texas to mandate that all girls 12 years of age and older be given an HPV vaccination as at least parents know about it.  In all of these other states that are making it available without parental knowledge are literally trampling on the legal rights of parents.




Read more: http://godfatherpolitics.com/1481/california-telling-12-year-olds-its-okay-to-have-sex-without-parents-knowledge/