Barbalute Suit

Uploaded: July 25, 2008

Description

Here is a guy in a hazmat suit working to clean up a toxic waste dump not far from where I live. Note the buckets -- which say "wash" and "rinse." I shot this with a zoom because they wouldn't let me get too close. All I can think of when I see these guys in their hazmat suits is "barbalute suits" from Dr. Suess.

Comments

Chris Ebben August 14, 2008

I wondered what "barbalute suits" were!!
Great shot & best to keep your distance=^..^= #979935

Johanna S. Billings level-deluxe August 14, 2008

Thanks for your comments! The day this was taken, they would not let me get close because of fumes. I found out later via an interview with DEP that many of the barrels that are buried at this site were found broken and even mangled. So there was quite a mess. #6314221

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