{"id":498665,"date":"2010-04-01T01:23:11","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T05:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-03-31-why-you-should-be-afraid-of-huge-cow-manure-bubbles\/"},"modified":"2010-04-01T01:23:11","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T05:23:11","slug":"why-you-should-be-afraid-of-huge-cow-manure-bubbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/498665","title":{"rendered":"Why you should be afraid of huge cow manure bubbles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tby Ashley Braun <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jessicamullen\/\"><\/a>Jessica Mullen via FlickrBecause if they explode (or are intentionally popped by dairy-bubble party poopers), you could be shit-out-of-muck, <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748704266504575142224096848264.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories\">like this Indiana farmer<\/a>. His dairy operation&#8217;s waste management system is suffering from indigestion the size of small houses.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>And while he plans to Pepto-Bismol the situation with a gas mask, a boat, and a pocket knife, the &#8220;neighbors worry that puncturing the bubbles could cause an explosion of manure and toxic gases.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>And while that may only happen once in a poo lagoon, you don&#8217;t want it to be you who&#8217;s launched 40 feet in the air by an attack of the killer cow patties. (Seriously, <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748704266504575142224096848264.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories\">we can&#8217;t fake this shit up<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-04-01-how-much-renewable-juice-does-it-take-to-power-an-apple-ipad\/\">How much renewable juice does it take to power an Apple iPad?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-04-01-how-to-improve-a-hummers-mileage-and-add-retro-style\/\">How to improve a Hummer&#8217;s mileage and add retro style<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-03-29-china-to-de-stink-landfill-problem-with-giant-deodorant-guns\/\">China to de-stink landfill problem with giant deodorant guns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=2e465b69b96253e02b72fe5a5479043d&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=2e465b69b96253e02b72fe5a5479043d&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<!-- foo --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ashley Braun Jessica Mullen via FlickrBecause if they explode (or are intentionally popped by dairy-bubble party poopers), you could be shit-out-of-muck, like this Indiana farmer. His dairy operation&#8217;s waste management system is suffering from indigestion the size of small houses. And while he plans to Pepto-Bismol the situation with a gas mask, a boat, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":765,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/765"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}