Dream Island" in Tokyo Bay recently became a source of considerable concern to people whose homes face the bay. So dense have the swarms of flies from the island become that even “ordinary human activity" is "severely hampered."
The island began to be used for garbage disposal eight years ago. Approximately 5,500 tons of refuse are dumped on it each day. The mound has grown to 450,000 square meters.
To combat the fly population, insecticides have been used, But the flies became immune, tougher and tougher varieties appearing. The quantity of poison was stepped up. The flies survived "massive" doses. Now they have "suddenly infested" the entire area, In addition, the enormous use of poisons has become a serious health hazard.
"Dream Island't has become a fitting symbol of the capitalist way of life.
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