Every year, over 900 billion gallons of raw sewage are pumped into surface water in the US, including the sea, so when an influencer took a dip, people were quick to point the fact out.
Often, when swimming in the sea, there will be sea foam. This is perfectly natural and is just a cleaning process the sea goes through. Although it might smell a bit, it’s usually safe. However, what this influencer was swimming in wasn’t that.
Michelle Hayward, an online social media influencer, posted a video of herself swimming in the ocean. The waves were covered in what she presumed to be sea foam, and she frolicked around in it. At one point, she even opened her mouth, which was filled with the nasty excrement. “That is salty!” she comments.
However, people were very quick to point out that, although the influencer might be having fun, she’s swimming in raw sewage. The nearby pipeline often empties human waste into the water there, and the foam is the reaction.
Cape Town Crap
The video was shot in Cape Town by the South African influencer, and as she said in a later video, she regularly swims in the sea. However, this was a new spot for her. People were both amused and disgusted by the raw sewage she had paddled out into.
“This is sad and funny at the same time! Shame the sewage isn’t looked after over there…” one American highlighted, not realising that their own country is probably worse. Talk about taking the log out of your own eye…
Since her dip in the raw sewage, the influencer has addressed people’s concerns about her health. Thankfully, she says she didn’t get sick from the poo soup. In fact, she insists that it may have even helped her immune system. According to her follow-up post, she’s healthier than ever.
As for smell, she didn’t notice anything untoward about the raw sewage she was swimming in. You would think that thousands of gallons of poo would stink. However, she said it smelled normal.
Every year, governments sanction billions of gallons of raw sewage to be pumped into waterways. It’s disgusting.